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prosecutor

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pros·e·cu·tor  (prs-kytr)
n.
1. One that prosecutes.
2. One that initiates and carries out a legal action, especially criminal proceedings.
3. See prosecuting attorney.
prosecutor [ˈprɒsɪˌkjuːtə]
n
(Law) a person who institutes or conducts legal proceedings, esp in a criminal court
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.prosecutorprosecutor - a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, public prosecutor
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
DA, district attorney - an official prosecutor for a judicial district
attorney, lawyer - a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office
state attorney, state's attorney - a prosecuting attorney for a state
prosecutor
noun lawyer, attorney, counsel, procurator fiscal (Scot.), prosecuting attorney (U.S.) The public prosecutor modified the charges against him.
Translations
prosecutor [ˈprɒsɪkjuːtəʳ] N (Jur) → abogado/a m/f de la acusación (also public prosecutor) → fiscal mf
prosecutor [ˈprɒsɪkjuːtər] n → procureur mf
prosecutor
n → Ankläger(in) m(f)
prosecutor [ˈprɒsɪkjuːtəʳ] n (Law) public prosecutor → procuratore m della Repubblica
prosecutor [ˈprɒsɪkjuːtəʳ] n (Law) public prosecutor → procuratore m della Repubblica


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The poison was alleged to have been wickedly and feloniously given by the prisoner to his wife Sara, on two occasions, in the form of arsenic, administered in tea, medicine, "or other article or articles of food or drink, to the prosecutor unknown.
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The public prosecutor rose and said that it was within his knowledge, through a conversation held with Judge Driscoll on the last day of his life, that counsel for the defense had brought him a challenge from the person charged at the bar with murder; that he had refused to fight with a confessed assassin-- "that is, on the field of honor," but had added significantly, that would would be ready for him elsewhere.
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Charles Evremonde, called Darnay, was accused by the public prosecutor as an emigrant, whose life was forfeit to the Republic, under the decree which banished all emigrants on pain of Death.
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