prosecutorial

[ pros-i-kyoo-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution:

   prosecutorial zeal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prosecutorial¹

First recorded in 1970–75; prosecutor + -ial

Example Sentences

“Investigative and prosecutorial decision-making is the special province of the Executive Branch, and the Constitution vests the entirety of the executive power in the president,” he wrote in Trump vs.

From Los Angeles Times

The corrupt use of prosecutorial power can amount to a crime.

From Los Angeles Times

Both sought to recalibrate their offices’ use of prosecutorial power by declining to charge youths as adults and refraining from seeking the maximum penalty in every case.

From Los Angeles Times

A series of administrative and prosecutorial decisions can, piece by piece, add up to a monumental assault on abortion nationwide—even if each decision by itself does not draw the same backlash that shutting down all blue-state providers would.

From Slate

Now, as Harris campaigns for president against Donald Trump, she is again calling attention to her prosecutorial bona-fides, but reframed in a new political atmosphere.

From BBC