PROSECUTE, PROSECUTOR
NOUNS – PERSON
1325 — ACTOR in law: a person who instigates or is involved in a legal action; a plaintiff or complainant; in Roman History: a public prosecutor; an advocate in civil cases → obs.
1382 — ACCUSATOR an accuser; spec. a plaintiff, a prosecutor → obs.
1413 — ACTOR a pleader; he who conducts an action at law; the plaintiff or complainant; an advocate in civil cases; a public prosecutor → obs.
1770 — ACCUSER-GENERAL a chief prosecutor or accuser
1900 — RAPPER a plaintiff, a prosecutor → US sl.
1945 — BIG CUTOR a District Attorney → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
..20C — RAP charge; to prosecute, to arrest with a view to prosecution → US sl.
1913 — LAW to sue or prosecute → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
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