Prosecutor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that prosecutes.
  • n. One that initiates and carries out a legal action, especially criminal proceedings.
  • n. See prosecuting attorney.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
  • n. The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who prosecutes; one who pursues or carries on any purpose, plan, enterprise, or undertaking.
  • n. In law, the person who institutes and carries on any proceedings in a court of justice, whether civil or criminal: generally applied to a complainant who institutes criminal proceedings.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    functionary    official    attorney    lawyer   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    attorney    investigator    coroner    examiner    juror