legal eagle
nounDefinition of legal eagle
: lawyer
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Synonyms for legal eagle
Synonyms
advocate, attorney, attorney-at-law, counsel, counselor (or counsellor), counselor-at-law, lawyer
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Clearly there’s much more to learn about this theoretical legal eagle thanks to the files, emails, recordings, and who knows what now in law enforcement’s hands. — Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, "Sean Hannity Will Remain Trump’s Shadow Chief of Staff," 19 Apr. 2018 Join a squad now featuring former prosecutor and Gridiron Club ringer-singer Joseph diGenova and broadcaster/legal eagle Jay Sekulow. — Carolyn Mcatee Cerbin, USA TODAY, "Craigslist ad: Seeking lead attorney for difficult client," 27 Mar. 2018 Surrey and his team of legal eagles promoted this idea through a series of studies and books that showed just how vast this spending was. — Julian E. Zelizer, The Atlantic, "How America's Vision of Progressive Tax Reform Died," 28 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'legal eagle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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