Thesaurus results for PROCURATOR

procurator

noun

ˈprä-kyə-ˌrā-tər

as in deputy

a person who acts or does business for another he was appointed procurator of the church and was responsible for all of the financial arrangements

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Recent Examples of procurator Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals. —

Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022 The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved. —

Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021 In September, the procurator general and advocate general, who advise the court, published an opinion urging the justices to reject the government’s arguments. —

BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019 Moving forward requires that the group shell out as much as $7,000, which includes a filing fee and the cost of hiring a procurator-advocate, who will argue the case on the group’s behalf. —

Jordan Otero Sisson, Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017

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Trump plans to invoke a national emergency at the border as a way to unlock funding from the Defense Department for the administration’s use, according to Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff for policy.

— Alexandra Banner, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
Prior to her role at Planned Parenthood, Richards served as deputy chief of staff for former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and founded America Votes, a group seeking to increase voter registration and participation.

— Sophia Vento, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025