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Etymology[edit]
1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute).[1] By surface analysis, prosecute + -or.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑsəˌkjuːtəɹ/
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prosecutor (plural prosecutors)
- (law) a prosecuting attorney.
Annie Jay was the Wisconsin government prosecutor in the trial of a man for forging his client's signature.
- (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.
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prosecuting attorney
- 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 m, žalobkyně f
- Dutch: officier van justitie
- Esperanto: akuzisto
- Finnish: syyttäjä (fi)
- German: Staatsanwalt (de) m, Staatsanwältin (de) f
- 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)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: прокурор (mn) (prokuror), байцаагч (mn) (bajcaagč) (China)
- Mongolian: ᠫᠷᠣᠺᠦ᠋᠌᠍᠋ᠷᠣᠷ (proküror), ᠪᠠᠢᠢᠴᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢ (bai̯ičaɣaɣči)
- 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: acusador (es) m
- Swedish: åklagare (sv) c
- Thai: อัยการ (th) (ai-yá-gaan)
- Ukrainian: прокуро́р m (prokurór)
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a person instituting criminal prosecution
- Albanian: prokuror (sq) m
- Arabic: مُدَّعٍ m (muddaʕin), الْمُدَّعِي m (al-muddaʕī) (definite)
- Armenian: դատախազ (hy) (dataxaz)
- Azerbaijani: prokuror, müddəi
- Belarusian: пракуро́р m (prakurór), абвінава́ўца m (abvinaváŭca)
- Bengali: অভিশংসক (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)
- 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: fiscal (es) m or f
- 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)
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