Thesaurus results for PROSECUTORS

prosecutors

noun

plural of prosecutor

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an officer of the court who represents the government in a criminal case and who tries to prove that the person accused of committing a crime is guilty

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Recent Examples of prosecutors On Thursday, however, the day Ahmed entered custody in Chicago, prosecutors secured a new indictment from a different grand jury that could stave off any further inquiry. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 The ruling strikes out a significant piece of evidence for prosecutors as the case moves toward trial. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026 Johnson has previously cited those laws in explaining why prosecutors did not continue to pursue murder charges against Miller and Young. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Andrew Tate faces 42 charges and Tristan Tate 17, according to prosecutors. — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 At Hansen’s trial in 2009, prosecutors argued that the pair had plotted to kill MacNeil, 63, for money. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 The 30-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, learned on Friday that prosecutors intend to try him for a second time on the charges. — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 Davis was at the Tyson fight but not the brawl, prosecutors say. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Last year, just weeks after the homicide, Solano County prosecutors charged Evans with fatally shooting 19-year-old Tamarcus Williams on the 300 block of West Texas Street in Fairfield, court records show. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

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Myers’ lawyers argue his own defense attorney helped turn the jury against him.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
After years of planning and wrangling, after more than $10 million spent on engineers, and lawyers, and architects; after all of the rumors, and headlines, and finger-pointing, the big presentation was ready to be made.

— Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

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In the eligibility litigation against the NCAA, players and their attorneys have raised three main legal theories.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026
City Council member Flor Alvidrez is questioning why Denver needed to hire outside lawyers for the two cases when the City Attorney's Office has a large contingent of attorneys.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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