prosecutor

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Etymology

1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute).[1] By surface analysis, prosecute +‎ -or.

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Noun

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prosecutor (plural prosecutors)

  1. (law) a prosecuting attorney.
    Annie Jay was the Wisconsin government prosecutor in the trial of a man for forging his client's signature.
    • 1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law:
      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 writing-paper.
    • 2008 February 22, “Now a Reminder From Mr. Cunningham”, in New York Times‎:
      It sat by mutely while Jack Abramoff, the superlobbyist, spun schemes that eroded public trust, until prosecutors had to move in.
  2. (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.

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “prosecutor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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