Philadelphia lawyers

noun

plural of Philadelphia lawyer
as in ambulance chasers

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  1. lawyers
  2. shysters
Noun
  • Armies of lawyers and volunteers for both sides continued to monitor the vote count across the state's 82 counties.
    — Gregory S. Schneider The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
  • A week after Griswold was elected as the next Attorney General, her team of lawyers from the Attorney General's Office was back in court to determine whether more efforts need to be made to obtain them.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of lawyers
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  • The despicable Lindsay Clancy lawyer, using a repulsive alternative defense, shows the egregious chutzpah some shysters resort to to get a client off.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Definition of shysters
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