Prosecutor

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  • noun. One that prosecutes.
  • noun. One that initiates and carries out a legal action, especially criminal proceedings.
  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who prosecutes; one who pursues or carries on any purpose, plan, enterprise, or undertaking.
  • noun. In law, the person who institutes and carries on any proceedings in a court of justice, whether civil or criminal: generally applied to a complainant who institutes criminal proceedings.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
  • noun. The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
    • Word Usage
    "With the assumption that the prosecutor is a more reliable source of information than the defense."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    attorney  functionary  lawyer  official  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    da  district attorney  state attorney  state's attorney  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    administrator  advocate  attorney  auditor  commissioner  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    AG  DA  KC  QC  SSC  
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