public prosecutorspecialized

Examples

The tape recordings provided prosecutors with the evidence they needed to prove he'd been involved in the conspiracy.
a public/state prosecutor

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prosecutor | American Dictionary

prosecutor
noun[ C ]
us/ˈprɑs·ɪˌkjut̬·ər/
a legal representative who officially accuses someone of committing a crime by bringing a case against that person in a court of law:
Federal prosecutors intend to retry the case.

prosecutor | Business English

prosecutor
noun[ C ]
 LAWuk /ˈprɒsɪkjuːtər/us
a lawyer in a court of law who tries to prove that someone is gulity of a crime:
The defense and prosecutors agreed to recommend a one-year jail sentence.
a lawyer who represents the government in a court of law:
a federal/public prosecutor

Examples of prosecutor

prosecutor
They were willing to agree that a good prosecutor should exercise his discretion in my behalf and not press charges.
Reports in the newspapers induced the chief district prosecutor to take up the case.
During the war, judges and prosecutors often took bribes, including from those representing accused guerrillas.
To a certain extent, the journal created an imagined professional community composed of the growing socio-professional class that included judges, public prosecutors, attorneys and clerks.
One-third of prosecutors in 1997 were not attorneys.
First, the prosecutor can begin with her strongest point in the case.
Therefore, prosecutors think pregnant women are criminally liable for using illicit drugs.
The burden of proof is upon the prosecutor.
So, hearing her evidence in court, the prosecutor came to a different conclusion about the crime involved.
They have encountered fierce competition from journalists, politicians, prosecutors and public opinion who all were eager to formulate an opinion about it.
The new regulation no longer limited this right to the children's father, but also allowed public prosecutors to start proceedings.
Such an interpretation of the instruction could make the prosecutor's task considerably easier than it ought to be.
Indeed, the assignment of equal odds appears (at least to me) to stack things in the prosecutor's favor.
When that failed, the prosecutor offered him a deal.
To our psychologically minded prosecutors, we plead guilty to the charge of reductionism.
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Collocations withprosecutor

prosecutor

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county prosecutor
In 1928, he was elected countyprosecutor and had a hand in defeating the city manager plan.
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