PUBLIC DEFENDER Synonyms: 26 Similar Words

public defender

noun

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as in district attorney

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Recent Examples of public defender His public defender says Bonheur should get home confinement… for running a $7-million racket. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026 His public defender, Luke Stephen Mulligan, did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 July 2026 Walters, represented by the federal public defender’s office following his arrest in Orlando last month, was ordered detained until trial by a magistrate judge. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 According to court records, Wiley has been appointed a public defender. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for public defender

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Sit, who went by the first name Tony, operated Happy K9 Academy and the dogs were in his care when they were kept in crates in a hot van and died, the district attorney’s office said.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 July 2026
She has been sentenced to three years in Orange County jail, the Orange County district attorney’s office said.

— Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of district attorney

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One night in early 1973, Michael heard that a trial lawyer named Louis Nizer, who had not been involved in the Rosenberg case, was reading out loud from his parents’ prison letters on TV.

— Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Earley is a trial lawyer who founded her own law firm and has worked as a public defender.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026

Definition of trial lawyer

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Just as extraordinary was that Friedmann, who knew as much about criminal law as many criminal lawyers do, appeared to have designed the plot precisely to confound prosecutors.

— James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
My dreams were like, makeup artist, criminal lawyer and singer, that’s it.

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of criminal lawyer

Noun

Findings will be presented to the Yell County prosecuting attorney, who will determine how to proceed, the release says.

— Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026
The prosecuting attorney's office for King County, Washington, which includes Seattle, publishes some of the most detailed regional reports on shootings in the country.

— Martin Kaste, NPR, 30 June 2026

Definition of prosecuting attorney

Noun

Rivers, who at the time of his arrest was chief prosecutor in the 396th District Court, did not immediately respond to questions in a reporter’s email.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Patty was never seen again because, prosecutors say, Sochor raped and killed her at the side of a deserted road.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

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