prosecutor
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute).[1]
Surface analysis is prosecute + -or.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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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Translations[edit]
prosecuting attorney
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a person instituting criminal prosecution
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References[edit]
- ^ “prosecutor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.