prosecutor
nounUS /ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/
Etymology First use appears c. 1542, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute + -or.
1
A prosecuting attorney.
- Annie Jay was the Wisconsin government prosecutor in the trial of a man for forging his client's signature.
- 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.1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law:
1 more example
- It sat by mutely while Jack Abramoff, the superlobbyist, spun schemes that eroded public trust, until prosecutors had to move in.2008 February 22, “Now a Reminder From Mr. Cunningham”, in New York Times:
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
- criminal prosecutor, crown prosecutor, Crown prosecutor, prosecutorial, prosecutorship, public prosecutor, special prosecutor
- Related terms
- prosecute, prosecution