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Prosecutrix

Prosecutrix \Pros"e*cu`trix\, n. [NL.] A female prosecutor.

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prosecutrix

n. 1 A female prosecutor 2 A female victim of a crime on whose behalf the state is prosecuting a suspect

Usage examples of "prosecutrix".

I say it and I say it emphatically, without wishing for one moment to defeat the ends of justice, accused was not accessory before the act and prosecutrix has not been tampered with.

He was accordingly favoured with a visit from the lawyer, to whom, after the most solemn protestations of his own innocence, he declared, that, finding himself unable to wage war against such powerful antagonists, he had resolved even to abandon his indubitable right, and retire into another country, in order to screen himself from persecution, and remove all cause of disquiet from the prosecutrix, when he was, unfortunately, prevented by the warrant which had been executed against him.

There was a certain piquancy about the matter, and I well remember noticing how we sat a little forward and turned in our seats when they brought in the prosecutrix to give evidence.

A clever, hard-nosed prosecutrix, determined to master and punish those lesser types who could not contain ugly and violent impulse.