prosecutor

IPA: prˈɑsɪkjutɝ

(law) a prosecuting attorney.
(law) a person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.

Examples of "prosecutor" in Sentences

This prosecutor is a partisan – just ask Kay Bailey.
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.
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.