WordNet
n. a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state [syn: prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer]
Usage examples of "prosecuting attorney".
Then, once they'd picked a million bucks out of his pocket, they'd turn him over to BAD and the Prosecuting Attorney.
And though you might think I'm arrogant enough to engage in criminal acts with a prosecuting attorney on my board of directors, you should know I'm not stupid enough to do so.
I have taken the precaution of writing out the details of the part that you and I played in the trial of Noelle Page and Larry Douglas, and have placed it in a sealed envelope and given it to the Prosecuting Attorney to be opened only in the event of my accidental death.
I know from what I have heard that the prosecuting attorney intends to ask for the death penalty.
And maybe I can talk the prosecuting attorney into letting him plead to escape for the minimum.
But you must not give the letter to the Judge until you have assured yourself that the prosecuting attorney insists upon Graumann's guilt.