prosecutor

English

Etymology

1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute).[1] By surface analysis, prosecute +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑsəˌkjuːtəɹ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

prosecutor (plural prosecutors)

(law) a prosecuting attorney.
Annie Jay was the Wisconsin government prosecutor in the trial of a man for forging his client's signature.
(law) a person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.

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Translations

prosecuting attorney

Albanian: prokuror (sq) m
Bulgarian: прокуро́р m (prokurór)
Cebuano: prosekyutor
Chinese:
Cantonese: 主控官 (zyu² hung³ gun¹)

Mandarin: 檢察官／检察官 (zh) (jiǎncháguān)
Czech: prokurátor (cs) m, žalobce m, žalobkyně f
Dutch: officier van justitie
Esperanto: akuzisto
Finnish: syyttäjä (fi)
German: Staatsanwalt (de) m, Staatsanwältin (de) f
Hebrew: קָטֵגוֹר (he) m (qategór)
Hungarian: ügyész (hu)
Indonesian: jaksa (id) (nonmilitary), oditur (id) (military)
Italian: procuratore della repubblica m
Japanese: 検事 (ja) (けんじ, kenji)
Kazakh: прокурор (prokuror)
Korean: 검사(檢査) (ko) (geomsa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: прокурор (mn) (prokuror), байцаагч (mn) (bajcaagč) (China)

Mongolian: ᠫᠷᠣᠺᠦ᠋᠌᠍᠋ᠷᠣᠷ (proküror), ᠪᠠᠢᠢᠴᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢ (baiičaɣaɣči)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anklager m
Plautdietsch: Aunkloagsveträda m
Polish: prokurator (pl) m
Portuguese: procurador (pt) m, procuradora f
Russian: прокуро́р (ru) m (prokurór)
Slovak: prokurátor m, žalobca m, žalobkyňa f
Spanish: acusador (es) m
Swedish: åklagare (sv) c
Thai: อัยการ (th) (ai-yá-gaan)
Ukrainian: прокуро́р m (prokurór)

a person instituting criminal prosecution

Albanian: prokuror (sq) m
Arabic: مُدَّعٍ m (muddaʕin), الْمُدَّعِي m (al-muddaʕī) (definite)
Armenian: դատախազ (hy) (dataxaz)
Azerbaijani: prokuror, müddəi
Belarusian: пракуро́р m (prakurór), абвінава́ўца m (abvinaváŭca)
Bengali: অভিশংসক (bn) (obhiśoṅśok)
Bulgarian: прокуро́р m (prokurór), обвини́тел (bg) m (obvinítel), обвини́телка f (obvinítelka)
Catalan: fiscal (ca) m or f
Cebuano: prosekyutor
Chinese:
Cantonese: 主控官 (zyu² hung³ gun¹)

Mandarin: 起訴人／起诉人 (zh) (qǐsùrén), 檢控官／检控官 (zh) (kiǎnkòngguān), 原告 (zh) (yuángào)
Czech: prokurátor (cs) m
Danish: anklager (da) c
Dutch: aanklager (nl) m
Estonian: prokurör, süüdistaja
Finnish: syyttäjä (fi)
French: procureur (fr) m, procuratrice (fr) f, procureuse (fr) f
Georgian: პროკურორი (ṗroḳurori)
German: Staatsanwalt (de) m, Staatsanwältin (de) f, Amtsanwalt (de) m, Ankläger (de) m, Anklägerin (de) f
Greek: κατήγορος (el) m (katígoros), εισαγγελέας (el) m (eisangeléas)
Hebrew: תוֹבֵעַ m (tovéa)
Hindi: अभियोक्ता (hi) m (abhiyoktā)
Icelandic: saksóknari m
Italian: prosecutore m, procuratore (it) m
Japanese: 検察 (ja) (けんさつ, kensatsu) (organization), 検察官 (ja) (けんさつかん, kensatsukan), 検事 (ja) (けんじ, kenji) (person)
Kazakh: прокурор (prokuror), прокурор (prokuror)
Korean: 검찰(檢察) (ko) (geomchal), 검찰관(檢察官) (geomchalgwan), 검사(檢事) (ko) (geomsa)
Kyrgyz: прокурор (prokuror)
Lao: ໂຈດ (chōt)
Latvian: prokurors m
Lithuanian: prokuroras m
Macedonian: обвинител m (obvinitel), обвинителка f (obvinitelka)
Maori: kaiwhiu
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: яллагч (mn) (jallagč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: aktor (no) m
Pashto: څارنوال (ps) m (cāranwāl)
Persian: مدعی (fa) (modda'i), دادستان (fa) (dâdsetân)
Plautdietsch: Aunkloagsveträda m
Polish: prokurator (pl) m or f
Portuguese: promotor (pt) m, promotora (pt) f
Romanian: procuror (ro) m
Russian: прокуро́р (ru) m (prokurór), обвини́тель (ru) m (obvinítelʹ), обвини́тельница (ru) f (obvinítelʹnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ту̀житељ m, тужитѐљица f

Roman: tùžitelj (sh) m, tužitèljica (sh) f
Slovak: prokurátor m
Slovene: tožilec m, tožilka f
Spanish: fiscal (es) m or f
Swahili: kiongozi wa mashtaka (sw), mwendesha mashtaka
Swedish: åklagare (sv) c
Tajik: прокурор (prokuror), додситон (dodsiton)
Thai: โจทก์ (th) (jòot)
Turkish: savcı (tr), davacı (tr)
Turkmen: prokuror, garalawçy
Ukrainian: прокуро́р m (prokurór), обвинува́ч m (obvynuváč), обвинува́чка f (obvynuváčka)
Uyghur: پروكۇرور (prokuror)
Uzbek: prokuror (uz), qoralovchi (uz)
Vietnamese: công tố viên (vi) (公訴員), người khởi tố (𠊛起訴), bên nguyên (vi) (邊原), biện lý (vi) (邊理)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “prosecutor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “prosecutor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.