Skip to content

prosecutor

/ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/noun4 syllables

Prosecutor means: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state.

Synonyms for prosecutor3

noun, as in a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney

What does prosecutor mean?1

noun

1

a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Prosecutor in a sentence

  • We judge others' mistakes as prosecutors, yet our own as defense attorneys.Nylez
  • Inside the court, prosecutors tried to dismantle the defense's arguments one by one.Cangarejo
  • Mennad writes a desperate letter to the prosecutor.OsoHombre
  • The prosecutor had called for fifteen years' imprisonment.absvfx
  • The prosecutor had called for fifteen years of imprisonment.absvfx
  • A new prosecutor took over the case from the previous one.megamanenm
  • Lorenzo was escorted by two cops to the prosecutor’s office.Amastan
  • Adriano began a heart-to-heart with the prosecutor.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of prosecutor

as a noun

plural
prosecutors