Noun
a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Source: WordNetThe public prosecutor ... should be subject to regular examinations to attest to sanity. Silvio Berlusconi
The two men were greedily hunched over the table, like two wolves disputing a carcass, but their muttered speech in the echoing hall resembled more the grunting of pigs. One was less than a wolf: he was a public prosecutor. The other was more than a pig, he was a chief commissioner of police. Jan Neruda
ATHENS – A public prosecutor ordered an inquiry into liabilities of two private clinics where the coronavirus causing Covid-19 was diagnosed in both patients and staff, on Thursday. Source: Internet
By Tuesday morning, Venezuela's public prosecutor had cited Guaido to appear before his office on Thursday regarding an investigation of an alleged plot to assassinate Maduro. Source: Internet
In this system, the public prosecutor could propose to suspects of relatively minor crimes a penalty not exceeding one year in prison; the deal, if accepted, had to be accepted by a judge. Source: Internet
Okaz quoted an anonymous source as saying that the Saudi public prosecutor has now recommended a case against the businessman - the most prominent charge being for bribing a public official. Source: Internet