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Friday’s development is just the latest twist in a complicated, layered, yearslong corruption scandal that has engulfed Alameda County, its county seat, Oakland, and led to the ousting of its mayor and a district attorney.
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Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
The inmate and the Norristown man accused of posting from the fake account are charged with criminal solicitation of murder of the first degree, conspiracy to murder of the first degree and criminal use of a communications facility, the district attorney’s office said.
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Upon tracing the phone call, it was discovered that the man on the other end of the line was an assistant district attorney in a neighboring county.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
Doing so could constitute a deceptive trade practice, and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office or local district attorneys could then investigate to determine the cause of the price hike.
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The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1789, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of district attorney was
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“District attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/district%20attorney. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
district attorney
noun
: the prosecuting officer of a judicial district
Legal Definition
district attorney
noun
: the prosecuting officer of a judicial district see also state's attorney
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