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/prˈɑsɪkjˌutər/ Listen

noun

Prosecutor n.

One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.

(Law) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Prosecutor" Quotes from Famous Books

... baffled slaveholder also found sympathizers in the Grand Jury, who enabled him to indict for riot and assault and battery, Passmore Williamson, William Still, and five other persons. During the trial which ensued, the prosecutor and his allies were confounded by the sudden appearance of a witness whose testimony that she was not forcibly taken from her master's custody, but had left him freely, disconcerted all their schemes, ...

— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage

... one verdict alone was possible. The jury retired for three minutes only. It was a foregone conclusion. They found for Lord Southminster. The judge, looking grave, concurred in their finding. A most proper verdict. And he considered it would be the duty of the Public Prosecutor to pursue Mr. Harold Tillington on ...

— Miss Cayley's Adventures • Grant Allen

... to enter on his duties on the 14th September, when the reorganization of the Tribunal was complete, according to which it was henceforth subdivided into four sections with fifteen jurors for each. The prisons were full to overflowing; the Public Prosecutor was working eighteen hours a day. Defeats in the field, revolts in the provinces, conspiracies, plots, betrayals, the Convention had one panacea for them all,—terror. The Gods ...

— The Gods are Athirst • Anatole France

... was schout-fiscaal (sheriff and public prosecutor) of New Netherland from 1639 to 1645. He was drowned in the wreck of the Princess in 1647, along with Kieft. Cornelis van Tienhoven was a figure of much importance in New Netherland history. An Utrecht man, he came out as book- Keeper in 1633, and served in that capacity under Van Twiller. In ...

— Narrative of New Netherland • J. F. Jameson, Editor

... quite unimpressed by Millie Splay's outburst. He remained severely in front of her, judge, prosecutor and jury all in one, and all ...

— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

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