Thesaurus results for PROSECUTOR

prosecutor

noun

as in lawyer

an officer of the court who represents the government in a criminal case and who tries to prove that the person accused of committing a crime is guilty

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Recent Examples on the Web What the media fails to report is that the primary reasons for our difficulties reside with the police, prosecutors and the courts who do not hold misdemeanor offenders accountable. —

Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024 Following the conviction in North Carolina, prosecutors in Texas brought additional charges against Hayes for tampering with the evidence of a crime. —

Ayana Bryant, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024 For example, my long experience as a white collar crime prosecutor has taught me that incarceration is necessary and just in serious fraud matters. —

The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 Information leaked to media before charges were brought by prosecutors have been leveraged by Combs’ lawyers, including lead counsel Marc Agnifilo, to attack the prosecution. —

Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for prosecutor

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