district attorneys

noun

plural of district attorney
as in prosecuting attorneys

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  1. prosecutors
  2. lawyers
Noun
  • Unlike other defendants, Mangione doesn't have a plea deal with prosecutors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • His mother, Sudha Venkatesan, 45, and his brother, Siddharth Aravind, 14, were found dead Tuesday in their home in Acton, some 20 miles northwest of Boston, prosecutors said.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of prosecutors
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  • At the oral argument on appeal, Judges Eric Clay, Rachel Bloomekatz, and Julia Gibbons spent almost an hour pressing the lawyers, and the questioning suggested skepticism of Kalshi’s position.
    — The Insider, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Noling's lawyers wrote in court documents that a man told authorities that his foster brother, Wilson, bragged about committing the crime.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
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