prosecutorial

From prosecutor + -ial.

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

prosecutorial (comparative more prosecutorial, superlative most prosecutorial)

1. (criminal law) Relating to prosecuting of criminal cases.

   Prosecutorial misconduct can lead to the lawyer's disbarment.

   • 1981 April 18, Mitzel, “Davis Convicted Of '72 Sex Act”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

     Chief Justice Lynch owes his current job to the exercise of prosecutorial abuse which followed in the wake of exposés about the "Sex Ring" indictments. Lynch's predecessor, Robert Bonin, was driven from the bench after he showed some interest in the gay civil rights aspects of these cases.

   • 2023 March 31, John Haltiwanger, “Trump and his sons say his indictment makes the US like a 'third world' country, but plenty of other democracies have prosecuted ex-leaders”, in Business Insider‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 October 2025:

     Meanwhile, Eric Trump condemned the indictment as "third world prosecutorial misconduct […]