prosecutors

4 definitions • 3 examples

a legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime, especially in a law court

a legal representative who officially accuses someone of committing a crime by bringing a case against that person in a court of law:

Federal prosecutors intend to retry the case.

a lawyer in a court of law who tries to prove that someone is gulity of a crime:

The defense and prosecutors agreed to recommend a one-year jail sentence.

a lawyer who represents the government in a court of law:

a federal/public prosecutor