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prosecutor

[ pros-i-kyoo-ter ]

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noun

Law.
1. prosecuting attorney.
2. a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
a person who prosecutes.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of prosecutor¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Medieval Latin, Late Latin ��ō��ū�ٴǰ� ‼��ܰ��ܱ��”; prosecute, -tor

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There is not a smidgen of evidence that police and prosecutors aren't taking this case seriously.

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US federal prosecutors have filed a formal notice seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting dead a healthcare boss in New York.

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Besides Moon, former lawmaker Lee Sang-jik has also been indicted, prosecutors say.

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Senior crown prosecutor, Kelly Newman, said Wilkes was a "highly dangerous individual with an obscene interest in knives and violence".

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Lisa Rose, specialist prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service special crime division, said Lloyd was not qualified to take inexperienced paddleboarders out in such conditions.

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