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prosecutor
noun
1 prosecutor
A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state.
synonyms: prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, public prosecutor.
Roget 938:
accusation,
charge,
imputation,
slur,
inculpation,
exprobration†,
delation;
crimination;
incrimination,
accrimination†,
recrimination;
tu quoque argument [Lat.];
invective
etc.
932.
denunciation,
denouncement;
libel,
challenge,
citation,
arraignment;
impeachment,
appeachment†;
indictment,
bill of indictment,
true bill;
lawsuit
etc.
969;
condemnation
etc.
971.
gravamen of a charge,
head and front of one's offending,
argumentum ad hominem [Lat.];
scandal
etc.
(detraction)
934;
scandalum magnatum [Lat.].
accuser,
prosecutor,
plaintiff;
relator,
informer;
appellant.
accused,
defendant,
prisoner,
perpetrator,
panel,
respondent;
litigant.
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Dutch: aanklager, officier van justitie
Polish: prokurator
Moby thesaurus: AG, DA, KC, QC, SSC, US attorney, accusant, accuser, allegator, appellant, attorney general, civilian, claimant, complainant, corporation lawyer, court-appointed lawyer, criminal lawyer, defense counsel, delator, district attorney, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informer, junior counsel, law agent, leader, libelant, mouthpiece, party, petitioner, plaintiff, private attorney, prosecuting attorney, public prosecutor, publicist, silk, silk gown, solicitor general, special pleader, stuff gown, stuff-gownsman, suitor, the prosecution ... show more.
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