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procurator

[prok-yuh-rey-ter] / ˈprɒk yəˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
lawyer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advocate counselor
STRONG
attorney barrister counsel counsellor defender jurist mouthpiece pleader practitioner proctor solicitor
WEAK
attorney-at-law jurisprudent legal adviser legal eagle legist member of the bar
NOUN
substitute
Synonyms
STRONGEST
backup replacement stand-in surrogate
STRONG
agent alternate assistant auxiliary changeling delegate deputy double dummy equivalent expediency expedient fill in ghost locum makeshift proxy recourse refuge relay relief representative reserve resort resource standby stopgap sub succedaneum successor supplanter supply symbol temp temporary understudy vicar
WEAK
dernier ressort ghost writer locum tenens pinch-hitter temporary expedient
Antonyms
STRONG
being entity permanent

Example Sentences

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Police Scotland said there did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

Police Scotland said a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

The man was charged and a file sent to prosecutors in the procurator fiscal's office.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

A force spokesperson said: "A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal in due course."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

Timon listened with attention; he did not contradict; he meditated and merely inquired carefully about the doctrine of the Nazarene, of which Antea knew, for that matter, only what the procurator had told her.

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.