prosecutor

English

Etymology

1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute).

Surface analysis is prosecute +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑsəˌkjuːtəɹ/

Noun

prosecutor (plural prosecutors)

1. (law) a prosecuting attorney.

   Annie Jay was the Wisconsin government prosecutor in the trial of a man for forging his client's signature.

2. (law) a person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.

   The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.

Derived terms

• prosecutorial

Related terms

• prosecute
• prosecution

Translations

prosecuting attorney

• Czech: prokurátor (cs) m, žalobce m

• Thai: อัยการ (th) (ai-yá-gaan)

a person instituting criminal prosecution

• Armenian: դատախազ (hy) (dataxaz)
• Catalan: fiscal (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 起訴人 (zh), 起诉人 (zh) (qǐsùrén), 檢察官 (zh), 检察官 (zh) (jiǎncháguān), 檢控官 (zh), 检控官 (zh) (kiǎnkòngguān), 原告 (zh) (yuángào)

• Dutch: aanklager (nl) m
• Finnish: syyttäjä (fi)
• French: procureur (fr) m, procuratrice (fr) f
• German: Staatsanwalt (de) m, Staatsanwältin (de) f
• Greek: κατήγορος (el) m (katígoros)
• Hungarian: ügyész (hu)

• Japanese: 検察 (ja) (kensatsu) (for organizatoin), 検察官 (ja) (kensatsukan) (for person)
• Maori: kaiwhiu
• Polish: prokurator (pl) m, f
• Portuguese: promotor (pt) m, promotora (pt) f
• Russian: прокуро́р (ru) m (prokurór)
• Serbo-Croatian: tùžitelj (sh) m, tužitèljica (sh) f
• Spanish: fiscal (es) m, f
• Swahili: kiongozi wa mashtaka (sw)
• Swedish: åklagare (sv) c
• Thai: โจทก์ (th) (jòot)