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 Unlike other defendants, Mangione doesn't have a plea deal with prosecutors. — 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 In January, prosecutors filed a response opposing the motion, Kestou filed a brief in support of it, and the court heard arguments from both parties, court documents said. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 State prosecutors have argued their case is distinct, and that double jeopardy should not apply. — Brian Mann, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026 The 2020 killing of Pop Smoke, whose real name was Bashar Jackson, occurred when Jester was 15 years old, according to a sentencing memo written by prosecutors. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The motion also claims both sets of prosecutors overcharged him. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Using that spyware, federal prosecutors say, Hart secretly recorded at least eight children. — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2026 In March 2026, Didulo’s and Manz’s charges for intimidation of a justice-system participant were shelved due to lack of evidence, though prosecutors have one year to refile. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

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As sweeping legal reforms reshape Sweden’s justice system, lawyers at the elite firm Matsson & Markovic are forced to navigate an increasingly uncertain moral landscape.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
The hearing grew heated at times as lawyers sparred over the administration’s handling of the tax.

— Stepheny Price , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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All of them also have attorneys who are speaking on their behalf.

— Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
There is no methodology which precisely calculates this number, but good trial attorneys can usually get within the ballpark based on their past experiences with similar cases.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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