district attorney

Noun

Meaning

an official prosecutor for a judicial district

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

da attorney-general procurator lawyer silk attorney solicitor-general prosecution prosecutor D.A. prosecuting attorney public prosecutor judge advocate public defender legal representative
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Antonyms

defense lawyer

Hypernyms

prosecutor prosecuting attorney public prosecutor prosecuting officer

Examples

A Democrat hasn’t won a district attorney race in the 1st Judicial District, which covers Jefferson and Gilpin counties, since 2000. Source: Internet

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley announced Wednesday that her office has filed the charge against San Leandro Police Officer Jason Fletcher in the killing of Steven Taylor on April 18. Source: Internet

A former Broome County District Attorney is poised to don judicial robes in the race for Family Court Judge in Broome County. Source: Internet

After more than two years of appeals, a new district attorney in New York failed to continue with the case, and it was dropped in May 1857. Source: Internet

And I have been told this by numerous officers,” the BLM official said that California senator Kamala Harris should also be disqualified after serving as San Francisco district attorney and the state’s attorney general. Source: Internet

As Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance put it in his press conference immediately following the verdict, “this verdict pulled our justice system into the 21st century.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

distributour distributress district district authority district cooling District Council