prosecutor
IPA: prˈɑsɪkjutɝ
noun
- (law) a prosecuting attorney.
- (law) a person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
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Examples of "prosecutor" in Sentences
- The prosecutors seethed with anger.
- The prosecutor opted to retry the case.
- The prosecutor has appealed the decision.
- That is the prerogative of the prosecutor.
- The prosecutor always becomes the defendant.
- The prosecutor in the case was Walter Stoll.
- The prosecutor refused to pursue the matter.
- The prosecutor depicted Allen as a remorseless liar.
- This prosecutor is a partisan – just ask Kay Bailey.
- The prosecutor and the defendant can appeal the judgement.
- It appears that the prosecutor is as good as his reputation.
- I can live with that as it APPEARS the prosecutor is a straight shooter.
- Amongst the dead are the chief prosecutor in Neiva and the chief of police.
- With the assumption that the prosecutor is a more reliable source of information than the defense.
- Ms Karas explained ‘what the prosecutor is aiming for, what the defense is aiming for, and the punishments would be for the for just the murder change’.
- Let's see, who else should not be mirandized "just because" a prosecutor is absolutely certain that they have enough evidence to convict them at a trial?
- I suspect the prosecutor is just trying to pad the charges a little there, in case any of them get thrown out on a technicality or perhaps to pad the sentence or his own CV.
- Unlike other state attorneys general, New York's top prosecutor is empowered to pursue both criminal and civil penalties with nationwide reach under the Martin Act, signed into law in 1921.
- Among other cases of suspected jihadists, Germany's chief prosecutor is investigating two men from Hamburg who traveled to Afghanistan with Mr. Sidiqi in 2009, Shahab Dashti and Naamen Meziche, a spokesman for the prosecutor said.
- Unless Mr. Cuomo persuades him otherwise, Steven Cohen, the attorney general's chief of staff and a former federal prosecutor, is likely to return to practicing law in the private sector, according to individuals familiar with the transition.