prosecutor

CEFRB2

/ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/

noun

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noun
A lawyer who represents the government in a criminal case.
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noun
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A person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.

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My lawyer's talking to the prosecutor.
Annie Jay was the Wisconsin government prosecutor in the trial of a man for forging his client's signature.
The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.

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It sat by mutely while Jack Abramoff, the superlobbyist, spun schemes that eroded public trust, until prosecutors had to move in.
2008 February 22, “Now a Reminder From Mr. Cunningham”, in New York Times
The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper.
1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law

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First use appears c. 1542, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute + -or.