Synonyms for attorney general
at·tor·ney gen·er·al

Princeton's WordNet

1. attorney generalnoun

   the chief law officer of a country or state

2. Attorney General, United States Attorney General, US Attorney Generalnoun

   the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department

   "Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington"

3. Attorney General, Attorney General of the United Statesnoun

   the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States

   "the post of Attorney General was created in 1789"

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Lawman
   • Secretary
   • Secretaryship

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1. Mike Turner:

   If your report is to the attorney general and the attorney general doesnt have the power to exonerate and he does not -- he knows that you do not have that power, you dont have to tell him that youre not exonerating the president. He knows this already. So then that kind of changes the context of the report, the attorney general has the power to exonerate? He has not been given that authority.

2. Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon:

   The attorney general uses a Justice Department email address to conduct official business. As with many Cabinet officials, he does not use his given name in the handle of his email address.

3. Lupe Todd-Medina:

   When I was elected attorney general.

4. Chris Christie:

   This is the Biden administration playing politics with the Justice Department, the attorney general has been an enormous disappointment in that regard. I said he’d bring professionalism back to the DOJ, but so far, all he’s done is to pursue through the courts the political agenda of the Biden administration.

5. Jim Jordan:

   I would like for the attorney general to rescind his memo. Hopefully, he will. We’ve asked him to. We’re going to continue to investigate this. But this is as wrong as it gets and Americans understand it.