The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PROSECUTOR
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PROSECUTOR
- Court poser, fancy legal official
- Writings hacked by alternative lawyer
- Counsel uses pot scourer recklessly
- POTUS gets mad with core Republican attorney
- Court poser upset court official
- DA quietly got up, then misled court?
- European court dissolves upon experts identifying man after conviction
- Written statements followed by censored alternative from lawyer
- District attorney writing before court is out of order
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The straight part
We know that "Counsel" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case counsel = prosecutor.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PROSECUTOR mean?
PROSECUTOR noun- A prosecuting attorney.
- A person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.