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Noun: prosecutor  'pró-si,kyoo-tu(r)
  1. (law) a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
    "the prosecutor had a moral certainty that the prisoner was guilty";
    - public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney

Derived forms: prosecutors

Type of: attorney, functionary, lawyer, official

Encyclopedia: Prosecutor

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