Synonyms of prosecutors

prosecutors

noun

plural of prosecutor

as in lawyers

an officer of the court who represents the government in a criminal case and who tries to prove that the person accused of committing a crime is guilty

Related Words

• lawyers
• district attorneys
• attorneys
• prosecuting attorneys
• solicitors
• counselors
• advocates
• jurists
• attorneys-at-law
• lawmakers
• counsels
• legislators
• trial lawyers
• public defenders
• legal eagles
• criminal lawyers
• counselors-at-law
• mouthpieces
• lawgivers
• cocounsels
• solons
• shysters
• ambulance chasers
• Philadelphia lawyers
• pettifoggers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prosecutors

The informant gave Buchanan money and a phone that was tapped by the FBI, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

After Epstein's 2019 arrest, federal prosecutors asked New Mexico to cease its own investigation of Epstein's activities in New Mexico. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Officers then deployed oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray, commonly known as pepper spray, and wrestled Licona Amador to the ground, prosecutors said. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

According to the Miami Herald, federal prosecutors identified Alvarado as an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to embezzle money from Venezuela’s national oil company. — Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Seven women and five men were seated as jurors following a day-long session of questioning Tuesday from Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, federal prosecutors and defense attorneys. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

If misuse is determined, it will be referred to prosecutors, the policy states. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026

In a criminal complaint, prosecutors accused Zhang of spying on a son of Taiwan’s president outside his residence in the Seattle area at the behest of Chinese officials. — David Douglas, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026

Workers from India reported having to pay $5,600 to recruiters to get the jobs, but the settlement did not directly address abuses in India, where prosecutors could not investigate, officials said. — Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026