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• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/

名詞

prosecutor (plural prosecutors)

1. A prosecuting attorney.

   Annie Jay was the Wisconsin government prosecutor in the trial of a man for forging his client's signature.

   • 1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law:

     The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper.

   • 2008 February 22, “Now a Reminder From Mr. Cunningham”, in New York Times‎:

     It sat by mutely while Jack Abramoff, the superlobbyist, spun schemes that eroded public trust, until prosecutors had to move in.

2. (law) A person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.

   The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.

派生語

関連する語

• prosecute
• prosecution

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