Definition of "prosecutorial" [prosecutorial]

• Of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution: "a huge investigative and prosecutorial effort” ( Lucian K. Truscott IV). (adjective)

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• "RANDOLPH: The state -- what they call a prosecutorial system."
• "U.S. District J.dge Cormac J. Carney threw out the fraud case in December, citing what he called prosecutorial misconduct and a lack of evidence."
• "Despite what he described as a prosecutorial misstep in the stock fraud case, Christie said Kelley, who had since gone to private practice, was the best qualified lawyer for the monitoring job."