criminal lawyer

noun

: a lawyer who specializes in criminal law
especially : a lawyer who represents defendants in criminal cases

Examples of criminal lawyer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In New York, a bill has been introduced repeatedly in the Albany statehouse to ban campaign funds from being used to cover a public official’s bills for criminal lawyers. Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024 To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines. Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024 Prominent criminal lawyers and college professors in a similar vein likened the plea bargains at the heart of Operation Car Wash to torture, and other maneuvers included smear campaigns against judges and prosecutors. Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018 In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected. Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for criminal lawyer 

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Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of criminal lawyer was in 1753

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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

Legal Definition

criminal lawyer

noun
: a lawyer who specializes in criminal law

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