prosecutor

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• US: /ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/
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First use appears c. 1542, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute + -or.

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: prokuror — prosecuting attorney
• Belarusian: пракуро́р (prakurór) — prosecuting attorney
• Bulgarian: прокуро́р (prokurór) — prosecuting attorney
• Catalan: procurador — prosecuting attorney
• Cebuano: prosekyutor — prosecuting attorney
• Chinese Cantonese: 主控官 — prosecuting attorney
• Chinese Mandarin: 檢察官 /检察官 (jiǎncháguān) — prosecuting attorney
• Czech: prokurátor — prosecuting attorney
• Czech: žalobce — prosecuting attorney
• Czech: žalobkyně — prosecuting attorney
• Dutch: officier van justitie — prosecuting attorney
• Esperanto: akuzisto — prosecuting attorney
• Finnish: syyttäjä — prosecuting attorney
• French: procureur — prosecuting attorney
• German: Staatsanwalt — prosecuting attorney
• German: Staatsanwältin — prosecuting attorney
• Hebrew: קָטֵגוֹר (qategór) — prosecuting attorney
• Hindi: अभियोक्ता (abhiyoktā) — prosecuting attorney
• Hungarian: ügyész — prosecuting attorney
• Indonesian: jaksa (nonmilitary) — prosecuting attorney
• Indonesian: oditur — prosecuting attorney
• Italian: procuratore della repubblica — prosecuting attorney
• Japanese: 検事 (kenji) — prosecuting attorney
• Kazakh: прокурор (prokuror) — prosecuting attorney
• Korean: 검사 (geomsa) — prosecuting attorney
• Macedonian: обвинител (obvinitel) — prosecuting attorney
• Mongolian: прокурор (prokuror) — prosecuting attorney
• Mongolian: байцаагч (bajcaagč) — prosecuting attorney
• Mongolian: ᠫᠷᠣᠺᠦ᠋᠌᠍᠋ᠷᠣᠷ (proküror) — prosecuting attorney
• Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠢᠢᠴᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢ (baiičaɣaɣči) — prosecuting attorney
• Norwegian Bokmål: anklager — prosecuting attorney
• Plautdietsch: Aunkloagsveträda — prosecuting attorney
• Polish: prokurator — prosecuting attorney
• Portuguese: procurador — prosecuting attorney
• Portuguese: procuradora — prosecuting attorney
• Russian: прокуро́р (prokurór) — prosecuting attorney
• Slovak: prokurátor — prosecuting attorney
• Slovak: žalobca — prosecuting attorney
• Slovak: žalobkyňa — prosecuting attorney
• Spanish: procurador fiscal — prosecuting attorney
• Spanish: promotor fiscal — prosecuting attorney
• Swedish: åklagare — prosecuting attorney
• Thai: อัยการ (ai-yá-gaan) — prosecuting attorney
• Ukrainian: прокуро́р (prokurór) — prosecuting attorney
• Welsh: erlynydd — prosecuting attorney
• Albanian: prokuror — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Arabic: مُدَّعٍ (muddaʕin) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Arabic: الْمُدَّعِي (al-muddaʕī) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Armenian: դատախազ (dataxaz) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Azerbaijani: prokuror — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Azerbaijani: ittihamçı — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Belarusian: пракуро́р (prakurór) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Belarusian: абвінава́ўца (abvinaváwca) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Bengali: অভিশংসক (obhiśoṅśok) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Bulgarian: прокуро́р (prokurór) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Bulgarian: обвини́тел (obvinítel) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Bulgarian: обвини́телка (obvinítelka) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Catalan: fiscal — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Cebuano: prosekyutor — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Chinese Cantonese: 主控官 — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Chinese Mandarin: 起訴人 /起诉人 (qǐsùrén) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Chinese Mandarin: 檢控官 /检控官 (kiǎnkòngguān) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Chinese Mandarin: 原告 (yuángào) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Czech: prokurátor — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Danish: anklager — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Dutch: aanklager — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Estonian: prokurör — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Estonian: süüdistaja — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Faroese: ákæri — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Finnish: syyttäjä — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• French: procureur — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• French: procuratrice — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• French: procureuse — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Georgian: პროკურორი (ṗroḳurori) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• German: Staatsanwalt — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• German: Staatsanwältin — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• German: Amtsanwalt — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• German: Ankläger — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• German: Anklägerin — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Greek: κατήγορος (katígoros) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Greek: εισαγγελέας (eisangeléas) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Hebrew: תוֹבֵעַ (tovéa) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Hindi: अभियोक्ता (abhiyoktā) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Hindi: अभियोजन (abhiyojan) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Hungarian: ügyész — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Icelandic: saksóknari — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Italian: prosecutore — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Italian: procuratore — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Japanese: 検察 (kensatsu) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Japanese: 検察官 (kensatsukan) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Japanese: 検事 (kenji) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Kazakh: прокурор (prokuror) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Korean: 검찰 (geomchal) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Korean: 검찰관 (geomchalgwan) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Korean: 검사 (geomsa) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Kyrgyz: прокурор (prokuror) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Lao: ໂຈດ (chōt) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Latvian: prokurors — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Lithuanian: prokuroras — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Macedonian: обвинител (obvinitel) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Macedonian: обвинителка (obvinitelka) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Māori: kaiwhiu — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Mongolian: яллагч (jallagč) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Norwegian Bokmål: aktor — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Pashto: څارنوال (cāranwāl) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Dari: مُدَّعِی (mudda'ī) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Iranian Persian: مُدَّعی (modda'i) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Iranian Persian: دادْسِتان (dâdsetân) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Plautdietsch: Aunkloagsveträda — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Polish: prokurator — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Portuguese: promotor — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Portuguese: promotora — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Romanian: procuror — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Russian: прокуро́р (prokurór) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Russian: обвини́тель (obvinítelʹ) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Russian: обвини́тельница (obvinítelʹnica) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Serbo-Croatian: ту̀житељ — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Serbo-Croatian: тужитѐљица — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Serbo-Croatian: tùžitelj — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Serbo-Croatian: tužitèljica — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Slovak: prokurátor — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Slovene: tožilec — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Slovene: tožilka — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Spanish: acusador — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Swahili: kiongozi wa mashtaka — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Swahili: mwendesha mashtaka — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Swedish: åklagare — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Tajik: прокурор (prokuror) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Tajik: додситон (dodsiton) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Thai: โจทก์ (jòot) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Turkish: savcı — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Turkish: davacı — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Turkmen: prokuror — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Turkmen: garalawçy — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Ukrainian: прокуро́р (prokurór) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Ukrainian: обвинува́ч (obvynuváč) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Ukrainian: обвинува́чка (obvynuváčka) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Urdu: مُدَّعِی (mudda'ī) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Uyghur: پروكۇرور (prokuror) — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Uzbek: prokuror — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Uzbek: qoralovchi — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Vietnamese: công tố viên — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Vietnamese: người khởi tố — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Vietnamese: bên nguyên — a person instituting criminal prosecution
• Vietnamese: biện lý — a person instituting criminal prosecution