prosecutor

English

Etymology

1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹˌ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

prosecutor (plural prosecutors)

2. A prosecuting attorney.

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

   • 1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law:

     The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper.

   • 2008 February 22, “Now a Reminder From Mr. Cunningham”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It sat by mutely while Jack Abramoff, the superlobbyist, spun schemes that eroded public trust, until prosecutors had to move in.

3. (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

• criminal prosecutor
• crown prosecutor
• Crown prosecutor
• prosecutorial
• special prosecutor

Related terms

• prosecute
• prosecution

Translations

prosecuting attorney

• Albanian: prokuror (sq) m
• Bulgarian: прокуро́р m (prokurór)
• Cebuano: prosekyutor
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 主控官 (zyu² hung³ gun¹)

  Mandarin: 檢察官 / 检察官 (zh) (jiǎncháguān)

• Czech: prokurátor (cs) m, žalobce (cs) m, žalobkyně f
• Dutch: officier van justitie
• Esperanto: akuzisto
• Finnish: syyttäjä (fi)
• German: Staatsanwalt (de) m, Staatsanwältin (de) f
• Hebrew: קָטֵגוֹר (he) m (qategór)
• Hindi: अभियोक्ता (hi) (abhiyoktā)
• Hungarian: ügyész (hu)
• Indonesian: jaksa (id) (nonmilitary), oditur (id) (military)
• Italian: procuratore della repubblica m
• Japanese: 検事 (ja) (けんじ, kenji)
• Kazakh: прокурор (prokuror)
• Korean: 검사(檢査) (ko) (geomsa)
• Macedonian: обвинител m (obvinitel)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: прокурор (mn) (prokuror), байцаагч (mn) (bajcaagč) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠫᠷᠣᠺᠦ᠋᠌᠍᠋ᠷᠣᠷ (proküror), ᠪᠠᠢᠢᠴᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢ (baiičaɣaɣči)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anklager m

• Plautdietsch: Aunkloagsveträda m
• Polish: prokurator (pl) m
• Portuguese: procurador (pt) m, procuradora f
• Russian: прокуро́р (ru) m (prokurór)
• Slovak: prokurátor m, žalobca m, žalobkyňa f
• Spanish: procurador fiscal m, promotor fiscal m
• Swedish: åklagare (sv) c
• Thai: อัยการ (th) (ai-yá-gaan)
• Ukrainian: прокуро́р m (prokurór)

a person instituting criminal prosecution

• Albanian: prokuror (sq) m
• Arabic: مُدَّعٍ m (muddaʕin), الْمُدَّعِي m (al-muddaʕī) (definite)
• Armenian: դատախազ (hy) (dataxaz)
• Azerbaijani: prokuror, ittihamçı
• Belarusian: пракуро́р m (prakurór), абвінава́ўца m (abvinaváŭca)
• Bengali: অভিশংসক (bn) (obhiśoṅśok)
• Bulgarian: прокуро́р m (prokurór), обвини́тел (bg) m (obvinítel), обвини́телка f (obvinítelka)
• Catalan: fiscal (ca) m or f
• Cebuano: prosekyutor
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 主控官 (zyu² hung³ gun¹)

  Mandarin: 起訴人 / 起诉人 (zh) (qǐsùrén), 檢控官 / 检控官 (zh) (kiǎnkòngguān), 原告 (zh) (yuángào)

• Czech: prokurátor (cs) m
• Danish: anklager (da) c
• Dutch: aanklager (nl) m
• Estonian: prokurör, süüdistaja
• Finnish: syyttäjä (fi)
• French: procureur (fr) m, procuratrice (fr) f, procureuse (fr) f
• Georgian: პროკურორი (ṗroḳurori)
• German: Staatsanwalt (de) m, Staatsanwältin (de) f, Amtsanwalt (de) m, Ankläger (de) m, Anklägerin (de) f
• Greek: κατήγορος (el) m (katígoros), εισαγγελέας (el) m (eisangeléas)
• Hebrew: תוֹבֵעַ m (tovéa)
• Hindi: अभियोक्ता (hi) m (abhiyoktā)
• Icelandic: saksóknari m
• Italian: prosecutore m, procuratore (it) m
• Japanese: 検察 (ja) (けんさつ, kensatsu) (organization), 検察官 (ja) (けんさつかん, kensatsukan), 検事 (ja) (けんじ, kenji) (person)
• Kazakh: прокурор (prokuror), прокурор (prokuror)
• Korean: 검찰(檢察) (ko) (geomchal), 검찰관(檢察官) (geomchalgwan), 검사(檢事) (ko) (geomsa)
• Kyrgyz: прокурор (prokuror)
• Lao: ໂຈດ (chōt)
• Latvian: prokurors m
• Lithuanian: prokuroras m
• Macedonian: обвинител m (obvinitel), обвинителка f (obvinitelka)
• Maori: kaiwhiu
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: яллагч (mn) (jallagč)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aktor (no) m

• Pashto: څارنوال (ps) m (cāranwāl)
• Persian: مدعی (fa) (modda'i), دادستان (fa) (dâdsetân)
• Plautdietsch: Aunkloagsveträda m
• Polish: prokurator (pl) m or f
• Portuguese: promotor (pt) m, promotora (pt) f
• Romanian: procuror (ro) m
• Russian: прокуро́р (ru) m (prokurór), обвини́тель (ru) m (obvinítelʹ), обвини́тельница (ru) f (obvinítelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ту̀житељ m, тужитѐљица f

  Roman: tùžitelj (sh) m, tužitèljica (sh) f

• Slovak: prokurátor m
• Slovene: tožilec m, tožilka f
• Spanish: acusador (es) m
• Swahili: kiongozi wa mashtaka (sw), mwendesha mashtaka
• Swedish: åklagare (sv) c
• Tajik: прокурор (prokuror), додситон (dodsiton)
• Thai: โจทก์ (th) (jòot)
• Turkish: savcı (tr), davacı (tr)
• Turkmen: prokuror, garalawçy
• Ukrainian: прокуро́р m (prokurór), обвинува́ч m (obvynuváč), обвинува́чка f (obvynuváčka)
• Uyghur: پروكۇرور (prokuror)
• Uzbek: prokuror (uz), qoralovchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: công tố viên (vi) (公訴員), người khởi tố (𠊛起訴), bên nguyên (vi) (邊原), biện lý (vi) (邊理)