PROSECUTOR in a Sentence

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If what Justice Department prosecutors allege is true, the five guards should have to answer for what happened on Sept. 16, 2007.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROSECUTOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
prosecutor
 n.  one who carries out legal action, especially criminal proceedings; one who prosecutes any purpose, plan, or business
Classic Sentence:
1  However, the man's examination and the depositions of the witnesses had been completed, but the lawyer's plea, and the speech of the public prosecutor were still to come; it could not be finished before midnight.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
2  He has at last been unmasked and arrested, thanks to the indefatigable zeal of the public prosecutor.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
3  Mr. Fang sat silent for some minutes, and then, turning round to the prosecutor, said in a towering passion.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence:
1  Most criminal cases are therefore settled without trial by the process of plea bargaining between the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
2  Once she became a prosecutor, she quickly established herself as a masterful trial lawyer.
3  During the court hearing, the prosecutor said she would seek maximum prison sentences.
4  "That kind of perjury is one of the hardest cases for a prosecutor to prove," Coleman said.
5  The prosecutor is also required to disclose evidence at trial.
6  The Justice Department flew in a lead prosecutor from Colorado and planned for a news conference in Washington to announce a lawsuit against Citigroup over mortgage securities that had imploded during the financial crisis.
7  If what Justice Department prosecutors allege is true, the five guards should have to answer for what happened on Sept. 16, 2007.
8  We have very strict rules about what prosecutors can say in impending cases.
9  The investigation into Kerim Chatty will continue but prosecutors said the belief that he was trying to hijack the plane is now not so strong.
10  Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client.