Definition of Prosecuting attorney

1. Noun. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state.

Exact synonyms: Prosecuting Officer, Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Specialized synonyms: Da, District Attorney, State Attorney, State's Attorney
Generic synonyms: Attorney, Lawyer, Functionary, Official
Derivative terms: Prosecute, Prosecute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosecuting Attorney

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Literary usage of Prosecuting attorney

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Careers for Women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"THE prosecuting attorney FLORENCE E. ALLEN Assistant prosecuting attorney, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Description of occupation THE description of the office of ..."

2. Careers for Women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"THE prosecuting attorney FLORENCE E. ALLEN Assistant prosecuting attorney, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Description of occupation THE description of the office of ..."

3. Careers for Women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"The duties of the position may vary in other States. The prosecuting attorney is sometimes called the State's attorney. The occupation of prosecuting ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"trial between the attorney for the defense and the prosecuting attorney as to the agreement to Introduce this affidavit as evidence. ..."

5. A Brief for the Trial of Criminal Cases by Austin Abbott, William Constantine Beecher (1902)
"It is improper for a prosecuting attorney in summing up to state his ... 321, 25 NW 302, the prosecuting attorney said: "I stand here today under the ..."

6. Register and Manual by Connecticut Secretary of the State (1899)
"Judge, Charles F. Hunger- ford; Deputy Judge, HW Hamilton; Clerk, EB Goodyear; prosecuting attorney, John M. Sweeney. [Term of Judges ends April i, ..."

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