public prosecutor

American  

noun

1. an officer charged with the conduct of criminal prosecution in the interest of the public.

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public prosecutor British  

noun

1. law an official in charge of prosecuting important cases

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public prosecutor

The Albanian public prosecutor has preventatively frozen the bank accounts of two of the non-Trump investors financing the project, Syrian billionaire brothers Moutaz and Ramez Al-Khayyat.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Some 27 people were arrested in early-morning raids in Cankaya, out of a total of 36 named in a warrant issued by Ankara's public prosecutor, media reports said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

"An 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich on January 31," the Wallis canton's public prosecutor, Beatrice Pilloud, said in a statement.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

The Spiegel report said the public prosecutor was looking into how as-yet-unknown Deutsche Bank officials maintained business relationships with foreign companies suspected of money laundering.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

Chapman Johnson, who said he himself was not suited for the office, resigning it that Mr. Peyton might be elected, whom he declared was the ablest public prosecutor in Virginia.

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various