prosecutor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: First use appears c. 1542, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: prosecutors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A prosecuting attorney.
pos: noun
examples: Annie Jay was the Wisconsin government prosecutor in the trial of a man for forging his client's signature.
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.
It sat by mutely while Jack Abramoff, the superlobbyist, spun schemes that eroded public trust, until prosecutors had to move in.
gloss: A person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
pos: noun
examples: The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.
Related words: prosecute
prosecution
Derived words: criminal prosecutor
crown prosecutor
Crown prosecutor
prosecutorial
prosecutorship
public prosecutor
special prosecutor
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: prokuror
lang: Arabic
word: مُدَّعٍ
roman: muddaʕin
lang: Arabic
word: الْمُدَّعِي
roman: al-muddaʕī
lang: Armenian
word: դատախազ
roman: dataxaz
lang: Azerbaijani
word: prokuror
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ittihamçı
lang: Belarusian
word: пракуро́р
roman: prakurór
lang: Belarusian
word: абвінава́ўца
roman: abvinaváwca
lang: Bengali
word: অভিশংসক
roman: obhiśoṅśok
lang: Bulgarian
word: прокуро́р
roman: prokurór
lang: Bulgarian
word: обвини́тел
roman: obvinítel
lang: Bulgarian
word: обвини́телка
roman: obvinítelka
lang: Catalan
word: fiscal
lang: Cebuano
word: prosekyutor
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 主控官
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 起訴人 /起诉人
roman: qǐsùrén
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 檢控官 /检控官
roman: kiǎnkòngguān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 原告
roman: yuángào
lang: Czech
word: prokurátor
lang: Danish
word: anklager
lang: Dutch
word: aanklager
lang: Estonian
word: prokurör
lang: Estonian
word: süüdistaja
lang: Finnish
word: syyttäjä
lang: French
word: procureur
lang: French
word: procuratrice
lang: French
word: procureuse
lang: Georgian
word: პროკურორი
roman: ṗroḳurori
lang: German
word: Staatsanwalt
lang: German
word: Staatsanwältin
lang: German
word: Amtsanwalt
lang: German
word: Ankläger
lang: German
word: Anklägerin
lang: Greek
word: κατήγορος
roman: katígoros
lang: Greek
word: εισαγγελέας
roman: eisangeléas
lang: Hebrew
word: תוֹבֵעַ
roman: tovéa
lang: Hindi
word: अभियोक्ता
roman: abhiyoktā
lang: Hindi
word: अभियोजन
roman: abhiyojan
lang: Hungarian
word: ügyész
lang: Icelandic
word: saksóknari
lang: Italian
word: prosecutore
lang: Italian
word: procuratore
lang: Japanese
word: 検察
roman: kensatsu
lang: Japanese
word: 検察官
roman: kensatsukan
lang: Japanese
word: 検事
roman: kenji
lang: Kazakh
word: прокурор
roman: prokuror
lang: Korean
word: 검찰
roman: geomchal
lang: Korean
word: 검찰관
roman: geomchalgwan
lang: Korean
word: 검사
roman: geomsa
lang: Kyrgyz
word: прокурор
roman: prokuror
lang: Lao
word: ໂຈດ
roman: chōt
lang: Latvian
word: prokurors
lang: Lithuanian
word: prokuroras
lang: Macedonian
word: обвинител
roman: obvinitel
lang: Macedonian
word: обвинителка
roman: obvinitelka
lang: Māori
word: kaiwhiu
lang: Mongolian
word: яллагч
roman: jallagč
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: aktor
lang: Pashto
word: څارنوال
roman: cāranwāl
lang: Dari
word: مُدَّعِی
roman: mudda'ī
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُدَّعی
roman: modda'i
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دادْسِتان
roman: dâdsetân
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Aunkloagsveträda
lang: Polish
word: prokurator
lang: Portuguese
word: promotor
lang: Portuguese
word: promotora
lang: Romanian
word: procuror
lang: Russian
word: прокуро́р
roman: prokurór
lang: Russian
word: обвини́тель
roman: obvinítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: обвини́тельница
roman: obvinítelʹnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ту̀житељ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: тужитѐљица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tùžitelj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tužitèljica
lang: Slovak
word: prokurátor
lang: Slovene
word: tožilec
lang: Slovene
word: tožilka
lang: Spanish
word: acusador
lang: Swahili
word: kiongozi wa mashtaka
lang: Swahili
word: mwendesha mashtaka
lang: Swedish
word: åklagare
lang: Tajik
word: прокурор
roman: prokuror
lang: Tajik
word: додситон
roman: dodsiton
lang: Thai
word: โจทก์
roman: jòot
lang: Turkish
word: savcı
lang: Turkish
word: davacı
lang: Turkmen
word: prokuror
lang: Turkmen
word: garalawçy
lang: Ukrainian
word: прокуро́р
roman: prokurór
lang: Ukrainian
word: обвинува́ч
roman: obvynuváč
lang: Ukrainian
word: обвинува́чка
roman: obvynuváčka
lang: Urdu
word: مُدَّعِی
roman: mudda'ī
lang: Uyghur
word: پروكۇرور
roman: prokuror
lang: Uzbek
word: prokuror
lang: Uzbek
word: qoralovchi
lang: Vietnamese
word: công tố viên
lang: Vietnamese
word: người khởi tố
lang: Vietnamese
word: bên nguyên
lang: Vietnamese
word: biện lý