AMBULANCE CHASER Synonyms: 26 Similar Words

ambulance chaser

noun

Definition of ambulance chaser

as in lawyer

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Recent Examples of ambulance chaser And while the titular ambulance chaser naturally holds court for six seasons (beating Breaking Bad by one), equally excellent turns by Jonathan Banks and Rhea Seehorn ensure this multi-award-winning series works as both the perfect prequel and a bingeable standalone drama. — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 22 June 2026 Maybe their ambulance chasers can prevail against the dive bars of Canton, but Karen should skate. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025 In the case of Jay-Z, the billionaire has come out swinging against attorney Tony Buzbee, branding him an ambulance chaser and calling him a 1-800 lawyer. — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025 My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit. — Shannon Power, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 My heart and support goes out to the true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit. — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024 This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content. — Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022 On the one hand, people have referred to you as Black America’s attorney general, helping David fight Goliath, while on the other, critics have called you an opportunist or ambulance chaser. — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020

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Noun

Mangione's lawyers and federal prosecutors in Manhattan also discussed a possible guilty plea in his federal case in June, sources previously told ABC News.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
In October 2021, Alabama's capital city of Montgomery removed the Confederate president's name from an avenue and renamed it after a famed lawyer of the civil rights movement.

— Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of lawyer

Noun

Molly Smith, spokesperson for the Riverside County district attorney’s office, said Miller completed the diversion program and had the charges dropped on July 31.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Release requires consensus among the police chief or a designee, the district attorney’s office, city management and a public safety attorney.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of district attorney

Noun

McDonough plays the assistant attorney general and prosecuting attorney, a man of integrity who profoundly believes in the criminal justice system.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
The prosecuting attorney's office said the teen wasn't charged with murder in the July 29 filings because the investigation is still ongoing.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of prosecuting attorney

Noun

Zoe’s introduction is also step one of a pretty funny set of small-town reveals, the next of which is the defense attorney who comes to Hal’s aid in court the next morning, Billy Macon (Jason Ritter).

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
At a bond hearing earlier this year, Fernandez Saldana’s attorney said there was no proof his client’s guilt was evident, CNN affiliate Action News Jax reported.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of attorney

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The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
To demonstrate that point in a video, a researcher told a robot arm to put a bunch of plastic grapes into a clear Tupperware container, then proceeded to shift three containers around on the table in an approximation of a shyster’s shell game.

— Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025

Definition of shyster

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According to a trial lawyer who spoke to Rolling Stone, grand juries are sometimes convened in Los Angeles in order to protect celebrity witnesses from the spectacle of a public hearing.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Pahlmeyer is named for Jayson Pahlmeyer, a former trial lawyer who founded his eponymous winery in 1981.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 July 2026

Definition of trial lawyer

Noun

Part of the Measure J mandate passed by voters in 2020 is to reduce incarcerations by adding more interdictions by substance abuse and mental health counselors, when there’s no weapon involved or violent threat.

— Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 11 Aug. 2026
According to police and public employment records, Luecke worked for 16 years with the San Mateo County Probation Department, working as a juvenile corrections officer and counselor at a boys and also on IT work there.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of counselor

Noun

Hill is the one consistently going for the laughs as the legal eagle who has seen it all and likes to share the anecdotes.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
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

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