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As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.
Nancy Grace

Meaning of "prosecutor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSECUTOR

prosecutor  [ˈprɒsɪˌkjuːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSECUTOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prosecutor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROSECUTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

prosecutor

Prosecutor

The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against an individual accused of breaking the law.

Definition of prosecutor in the English dictionary

The definition of prosecutor in the dictionary is a person who institutes or conducts legal proceedings, esp in a criminal court.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSECUTOR


Cicuta
sɪˈkjuːtə
collocutor
ˈkɒləˌkjuːtə
commuter
kəˈmjuːtə
computer
kəmˈpjuːtə
disputer
dɪsˈpjuːtə
executer
ˈeksɪˌkjuːtə
microcomputer
ˈmaɪkrəʊkəmˈpjuːtə
minicomputer
ˌmɪnɪkəmˈpjuːtə
neuter
ˈnjuːtə
persecutor
ˈpɜːsɪkjuːtə
pewter
ˈpjuːtə
scuta
ˈskjuːtə
sputa
ˈspjuːtə
supercomputer
ˌsuːpəkəmˈpjuːtə
sutor
ˈsjuːtə
telecommuter
ˌtelɪkəˈmjuːtə
transmuter
trænzˈmjuːtə
transputer
trænzˈpjuːtə
tutor
ˈtjuːtə
uta
ˈjuːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSECUTOR

prosect
prosector
prosectorial
prosectorship
prosecutable
prosecute
prosecuting
prosecuting attorney
prosecution
prosecution case
prosecutorial
prosecutrices
prosecutrix
proselike
proselyte
proselytic
proselytisation
proselytiser
proselytism
proselytization

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSECUTOR

attributor
coadjutor
coexecutor
constitutor
contributor
Crown prosecutor
dilutor
distributor
elutor
executor
fautor
form tutor
institutor
interlocutor
mistutor
prolocutor
public prosecutor
restitutor
retributor
year tutor

Synonyms and antonyms of prosecutor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROSECUTOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «prosecutor» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of prosecutor

Translation of «prosecutor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSECUTOR

Find out the translation of prosecutor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prosecutor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prosecutor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

起诉人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abogado de la acusación
570 millions of speakers

English

prosecutor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभियोजक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المدعي العام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прокурор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

promotor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিশংসক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

procureur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendakwa raya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anklagevertreter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

検察官
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

검사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jaksa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công tố viên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழக்கறிஞர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिर्यादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

davacı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pubblico Ministero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prokurator
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прокурор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

procuror
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εισαγγελέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanklaer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åklagare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aktor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prosecutor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSECUTOR»

The term «prosecutor» is very widely used and occupies the 22.297 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSECUTOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prosecutor» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prosecutor» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prosecutor

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROSECUTOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prosecutor.
1
Roy Barnes
One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it.
2
Fatou Bensouda
I think my track record speaks for myself... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate.
3
John Bolton
I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command.
4
William Lacy Clay, Jr.
I have absolutely no confidence in the Ferguson police, the county prosecutor.
5
Alan Dershowitz
If you're a prosecutor, and you believe the defendant is guilty, you only talk about ultimate truth, but not intermediate truth. If you're the defense attorney, you care deeply about intermediate truth, but you tend to neglect ultimate truth.
6
Louis Freeh
I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.
7
Dan Gelber
I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs.
8
Alberto Gonzales
This is a very highly charged investigation. People are very interested in this, and we've got a prosecutor, a very well respected prosecutor who's been looking at this issue, this investigation for a long time.
9
Nancy Grace
I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.
10
Nancy Grace
As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSECUTOR»

Discover the use of prosecutor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prosecutor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Arbitrary Justice : The Power of the American Prosecutor: ...
In this eye-opening work, Angela J. Davis shines a much-needed light on the power of American prosecutors, revealing how the day-to-day practice of even the most well-intentioned prosecutors can result in unequal treatment of defendants and ...
Angela J. Davis Professor of Law American University Washington College of Law, 2007
2
Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity's Worst ...
Madame Prosecutor is Del Ponte's courageous and startling memoir of her eight years spent striving to serve justice.
Carla Del Ponte, Chuck Sudetic, 2011
3
The Bastion Prosecutor: Episode 3
This is the third and final installment of The Bastion Prosecutor (The Bastion Prosecutor is the second book in the sci-fi Kalahari Series) by A. J. Marshall.
A J Marshall, 2009
4
The Changing Role of the American Prosecutor
The quality of coordination in individual cases depends largely on the underlying relationship between the police and the prosecutor. There is some strain in the relationship in most jurisdictions, if only because the cultures of both tend to be ...
John L. Worrall, M. Elaine Nugent-Borakove, 2008
5
The Killer and the Prosecutor
"The Killer and the Prosecutor" presents a thrilling, intriguing story of suspense and murder.
N. T. Skippings, 2010
6
Watergate prosecutor
I found this fascinating, if at times painful, reading.
William H. Merrill, 2008
7
Whisper of Fear: The True Story of the Prosecutor Who Stalks ...
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Rhonda B. Saunders, Stephen G. Michaud, 2008
8
Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a ...
In "Side Effects" we meet a courageous Ivy League university employee who risked her job to expose suspicious practices at her lab, a feisty assistant attorney general who spearheaded an unprecedented lawsuit against a pharmaceutical giant, ...
Alison Bass, 2008
9
The Art of Prosecution: Trial Advocacy Fundamentals from ...
A. The Five Attributes of an Effective Prosecutor This chapter outlines the skills necessary to be an effective prosecutor and provides tips to develop them. There are five identifiable attributes of a good prosecutor. In order to master the art of ...
John Bugliosi, 2000
10
Justice at Dachau: The Trials of an American Prosecutor
In Justice at Dachau, Joshua M. Greene, maker of the award winning documentary film Witness: Voices from the Holocaust, recreates the Dachau trials and reveals the dramatic story of William Denson, a soft-spoken young lawyer from Alabama ...
Joshua Greene, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSECUTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prosecutor is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cuomo Appoints Attorney General As Special Prosecutor On Police …
“The special prosecutor will kick in for cases where a law enforcement officer in the conduct of their duty kills an unarmed person, or a person where there is a ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
2
Egypt's top prosecutor killed in explosion
The blast targeted the convoy of Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat and destroyed several cars in the eastern neighborhood of Heliopolis. Six other people ... «CNN, Jun 15»
3
Prosecutor: Balcony deaths could bring manslaughter charges
A prosecutor charged a property owner with involuntary manslaughter and other counts related to the 1996 fatal collapse of a balcony in the city's Pacific Heights ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jun 15»
4
Woman who lost everything caps prosecution in Holmes trial
Prosecutors showed jurors nearly 21 hours of Holmes' videotaped interviews with a state-appointed psychiatrist who concluded Holmes was seriously mentally ... «CBS News, Jun 15»
5
Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz feared going blind, visited …
The statements by the prosecutor provide new details about the medical and psychological problems that investigators have long suggested were likely Lubitz's ... «CNN, Jun 15»
6
Cleveland Judge Leaves Tamir Rice Case in Prosecutors' Hands
The judge was careful to state, however, that control of Loehmann and Garmback's case still lies with the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office, which has said it ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
7
Prosecutor: Germanwings pilot who downed plane contacted …
Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin revealed the information to the Associated Press. He added he will be meeting next week with relatives of those who died to ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
8
Turkey blocks social media over slain prosecutor photos
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey on Monday blocked access to social networking sites, including Twitter and YouTube, over photos showing a militant pointing a gun at ... «USA TODAY, Apr 15»
9
Turkish prosecutor, 2 captors killed in hostage standoff
ISTANBUL — A Turkish prosecutor and his two captors were killed Tuesday after a shootout with police at an Istanbul courthouse, bringing a six-hour hostage ... «USA TODAY, Mar 15»
10
Prosecutor: Man held in wounding of two officers at Ferguson may …
“It is possible that he was firing at someone other than the police,” St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch said at a news conference Sunday ... «STLtoday.com, Mar 15»

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