fiscalía

prosecutor's office

noun fees-kah-LEE-ah Less Common

Usage Note

Fiscalía refers to the public prosecution service or the office of the fiscal (public prosecutor). It is the institution, not the individual — the individual is el/la fiscal. The written accent marks the hiatus í-a, putting the stress on that í (fis-ca-LÍ-a). In high-profile cases la fiscalía and la acusación are often distinguished: the former is the state, the latter may include private prosecution.

Examples

"La fiscalía solicitó diez años de prisión."

Natural Translation

The prosecutor's office requested ten years in prison.

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