prosecutor

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  • Noun:
    a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

Word Origin

prosecutor (n.)
1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, agent noun from prosequi (see prosecute). Specific legal sense of "one who brings a case in a court of law" is from 1620s; earlier such a person was a promoter (late 15c.). Related: Prosecutorial.

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