| NOUN | person | prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer | a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state |
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| Meaning | A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state. | |
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| Synonyms | prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | district attorney, DA | An official prosecutor for a judicial district |
| state's attorney, state attorney | A prosecuting attorney for a state | |
| Broader | lawyer, attorney | A professional person authorized to practice law |
| official, functionary | A worker who holds or is invested with an office | |
| Spanish | fiscal, procuradora, procurador | |
| Catalan | fiscal | |
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