public prosecutornoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpʌb.lɪk ˈprɒs.ɪ.kjuː.tər/us/ˌpʌb.lɪk ˈprɑː.sɪ.kjuː.t̬ɚ/specializeda lawyer who acts for the government against someone accused of a crime in court
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lawyers & legal officials
- advocate
- articled
- attorney
- attorney general
- bailiff
- bar
- coroner
- counsel
- counsellor
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- district attorney
- draftswoman
- I rest my case idiom
- KC
- marshal
- paralegal
- probation officer
- prosecution
- prosecutor
- public defender
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