HOW TO PRONOUNCE
prosecutor
/ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/
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What does prosecutor mean?
noun
- A prosecuting attorney.
- A person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
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/ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/
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The purpose, as outlined by the public prosecutor in London, is "to preserve the standard of outward decency."
There were three young women in adjoining cells, all convicted at the same time of a conspiracy to rob their prosecutor.
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If individuals are ever asked whether they were persuaded or made doubtful by the prosecutor or his opponent they indicate very few instances.
Coke, with his bullying methods and his way of acting both as judge and chief prosecutor, lacks little as prototype for the later Judge Jeffreys.
In Scotland, on the contrary, the prosecutor can furnish his proof, in spite of the confession of the prisoner, and demand a verdict from the jury.