prosecutor
1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute).
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1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute).
Surface analysis is prosecute + -or.
Pronunciation- (America) IPA: /ˈpɹɑsəˌkjuːtəɹ/
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.
- Italian: procuratore della repubblica
- Russian: прокуро́р
- Spanish: acusador
- French: procureur, procuratrice, procureuse
- German: Staatsanwalt, Staatsanwältin, Amtsanwalt, Ankläger, Anklägerin
- Italian: prosecutore, procuratore
- Portuguese: promotor, promotora
- Russian: прокуро́р
- Spanish: fiscal
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