prosecutor
noun
pros·e·cu·tor
ˈprä-si-ˌkyü-tər 
1
: a person who institutes a prosecution before a court
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Federal prosecutors say the aircraft were outside Cuban territorial airspace when they were destroyed by air-to-air missiles fired from Cuban MiGs.
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Synergy Marine accused prosecutors of improperly treating an accident as a crime.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
Federal prosecutors have indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro for murder in the 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes, a landmark case announced in Miami honoring the four slain exile pilots.
—Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Washington — Federal prosecutors in Florida on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five others in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes 30 years ago, with officials unveiling the charges at a press conference in Miami.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 20 May 2026
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Synergy Marine accused prosecutors of improperly treating an accident as a crime.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
Federal prosecutors have indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro for murder in the 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes, a landmark case announced in Miami honoring the four slain exile pilots.
—Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Washington — Federal prosecutors in Florida on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five others in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes 30 years ago, with officials unveiling the charges at a press conference in Miami.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 20 May 2026
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prosecutor
noun
pros·e·cu·tor
ˈpräs-i-ˌkyüt-ər
: a person (as a district attorney) who prosecutes especially a criminal case as lawyer for the state
Legal Definition
prosecutor
noun
pros·e·cu·tor
ˈprä-si-ˌkyü-tər
1
: a person who institutes a prosecution (as by making an affidavit or complaint charging the defendant)
2
: a government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution
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