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prosecutor

[ pros-i-kyoo-ter ]

noun

  1. Law.
    1. a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
  2. a person who prosecutes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of prosecutor1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Medieval Latin, Late Latin ōūٴǰ ‼ܱܰ”; prosecute, -tor
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He is set to be arraigned on the new charges on May 21, prosecutors said.

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On that occasion, according to Jalisco prosecutors, authorities arrested 10 suspects who remain in custody, though authorities have not clarified what charges they face.

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The prosecutor said Charron stabbed Sardinha twice in the chest, nearly sliced her nose off, and stabbed her in the head so hard it bent a pronged tomato knife he was using.

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She heard glass shattering which was the defendant breaking the downstairs window, the prosecutor said.

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The prosecutor said it escalated to the three of them going to the ground in the garden.

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