Prosecutrix
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prosecutrix is a noun meaning A female prosecutor.
Meaning
A female prosecutor.
More Meanings
- A female victim of a crime on whose behalf the state is prosecuting a suspect
Example Sentences
A man, in the desperation of a refusal (common people take those things strangely to heart), had stabbed the obdurate fair one with his knife. She was herself the prosecutrix.
The paper reports today that Inger Marie Sunde, a prosecutrix in charge of what the locals call Okokrim (white collar crime), put young Jon on the stand again and probed for inconsistencies in his answers.
Word Forms
- prosecutrixes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include solicitrix, inspectrix, criminaless, spectatrix, sheriffess, inspectress.
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