English-Swedish translations for attorney general

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  John Ashcroft, justitieminister: hans senatorskampanj i Missouri betaldes delvis av Monsanto, multinationellt bolag för GMO.There is John Ashcroft, the US Attorney General. His senatorial election campaign in Missouri was partly funded by Monsanto, a GMO multinational.
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Definition of attorney general

• A major government officer throughout the English-speaking world, generally responsible for interpreting the law for the head of government and executive department and functioning as chief prosecutor, with the ability to bring civil and criminal actions directly

Examples

• Janet Reno was US Attorney General under Bill Clinton.

Related words

• attorney
• attorneyship
• attorney-in-fact
• attorney-at-law
• attorney|attorney's
• attorney's fee
• attorney-client privilege
• district attorney