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ambulance chasers

noun

plural of ambulance chaser
as in lawyers

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  1. lawyers
  2. shysters
  3. legal eagles
  4. attorneys
Noun
  • Defense lawyers also reportedly complained that they had not been given access to substantial portions of the case file or adequate time to examine evidence before trial.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Advocates, lawyers, families and human rights organizations such as Amnesty International had previously reported and harshly criticized the treatment of detainees.
    — Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of lawyers
Noun
  • 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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  • As its title implies, Suits LA moved the action of the original from the Big Apple to Tinseltown, and followed a new group of legal eagles led by Amell's Ted, who was revealed to have a connection to Suits' Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht, who recurred in several episodes on the spinoff).
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That should come as no surprise to anyone who watched the trailer and noticed the luxe wardrobes worn by the female legal eagles.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of legal eagles
Noun
  • Every election, the two major parties mobilize massive operations of attorneys, staffers and volunteers to monitor polling places and ballot counting.
    — NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Reasons for delays in judgments aren’t always clear to the public or the respective attorneys.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of attorneys
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“Ambulance chasers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulance%20chasers. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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