prosecutorialadj.

1934 Yale Law Jrnl. 44 269 Movements within the judiciary and the prosecutorial offices are, like entrance to it, hedged about with complicated regulations.

1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 19 July 1/8 To our minds the participants' attempt to set up a federal crime for which these defendants stand convicted went beyond any proper prosecutorial role.

1978 Listener 29 June 848/1 His closely-argued, mercilessly prosecutorial book.

1994 Judicature Mar. 251/2 The performance of the various prosecutorial functions takes place outside of the court system.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Mar. a22/5 The imposition of any such deadline suggests a prosecutorial strategy: delay, obfuscate and run out the clock until a defendant is put to death.