prosecutor
US/ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/
prosecutor noun: a prosecuting attorney.
Noun
prosecutor (plural prosecutors)
- 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...1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal 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.
prosecutor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
prosecutor in Hindi
- a person instituting criminal prosecution
- अभियोक्ता abhiyoktā, अभियोजन abhiyojan
- prosecuting attorney
- अभियोक्ता abhiyoktā
prosecutor in Tamil
- குற்றஞ்சாட்டு வழக்குரைஞர், வழக்கு தொடுப்பவர்
prosecutor in Marathi
- अभियोजक
prosecutor in Urdu
- a person instituting criminal prosecution
- مُدَّعِی mudda'ī
More languagesFewer languages
- prosecutor in Bengali
- অভিশংসক obhiśoṅśok
- prosecutor in Telugu
- ప్రాసిక్యూటర్, ప్రొసీక్యూటర్
- prosecutor in Malayalam
- പ്രോസിക്യൂട്ടർ
- prosecutor in Kannada
- ಅಭಿಯೋಕ್ತ, ಅಭಿಯೋಜಕ, ಫಿರ್ಯಾದಿ, ಕಟ್ಟಲೆ ನಡೆಸುಗ
- prosecutor in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੌਸੀਕਿਊਟਰ
- prosecutor in Odia
- ପ୍ରସିକିଉଟର
- prosecutor in Nepali
- अभियोजक, अभियोजनकर्ता
- prosecutor in Pashto
- څارنوال cāranwāl
- prosecutor in Arabic
- مُدَّعٍ muddaʕin, الْمُدَّعِي al-muddaʕī
- prosecutor in Indonesian
- oditur
- prosecutor in Thai
- โจทก์ jòot, อัยการ ai-yá-gaan
- prosecutor in Vietnamese
- công tố viên, người khởi tố, bên nguyên, biện lý
Examples of prosecutor in a sentence
- The witness’s statement seems to be at odds with the evidence—not a good sign for the prosecutor.
- Prosecutors argued that he would tamper with witnesses if bail was granted.
- She charged that the prosecutor had photoshopped the image to incriminate her.
Forms of prosecutor
| plural | prosecutors |
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Origin of prosecutor
First use appears c. 1542, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute + -or.
Words formed from prosecutor
Questions about prosecutor
- What does prosecutor mean?
- Prosecutor means a prosecuting attorney.
- What is prosecutor in Hindi?
- Prosecutor in Hindi is अभियोक्ता (abhiyoktā), अभियोजन (abhiyojan). See Prosecutor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is prosecutor?
- Prosecutor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce prosecutor?
- Prosecutor is pronounced /ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of prosecutor?
- The plural of prosecutor is prosecutors.
Words near prosecutor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prosecutor (page history and authors); prosecutor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prosecutor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prosecutor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prosecutor (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prosecutor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prosecutor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prosecutor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prosecutor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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