Public prosecutor

/pˈʌblɪk pɹˈɒsɪkjˌuːtə/

/pˈʌblɪk pɹˈɑːsɪkjˌuːɾɚ/

Public prosecutor

a lawyer employed by a government, whose job is to prove that a person is guilty of a crime in a law court

Examples

1. - Egypt's public prosecutors ordered the arrest of popular television presenter, Bassem Youssef.

2. Shortly after his arrest in London, the public prosecutor in Stockholm closed the proceedings - due to a lack of evidence.

3. In Sweden, Assange was being investigated by public prosecutors for an allegation of rape.

4. Today, Istanbul's chief public prosecutor said the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate there.