district attorneynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdɪs.trɪkt əˈtɜː.ni/us/ˌdɪs.trɪkt əˈtɝː.ni/abbreviation DAa lawyer whose job is to represent the government in a particular area of the US
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lawyers & legal officials
- advocate
- articled
- attorney
- attorney general
- bailiff
- bar
- coroner
- counsel
- counsellor
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- draftswoman
- I rest my case idiom
- KC
- law clerk
- marshal
- probation officer
- prosecution
- prosecutor
- public defender
- public prosecutor
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Examples from literature
- For any further information, I must refer you to the district attorney—the case is in his hands.
- The court after hearing the district attorney, denied the motion.
- The district attorney ran his finger briskly down a printed card.
- The district attorney's argument was cool, dispassionate, perfunctory.
- This witness's manner when making the deposition at her residence was afterward described by the district attorney as most extraordinary.