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

His lawyer did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
At the arraignment, Burke's lawyers withdrew in a shocking move, leaving him with a public defender.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of lawyer

Noun

Worth district attorney who shot himself not far off-camera as the operation zeroed in on him.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
But, after criticism from Mayor Karen Bass and others, the district attorney downgraded the counts to misdemeanors with a diversion agreement that will probably allow Flores to avoid any time behind bars.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of district attorney

Noun

Her attorney declined to comment about the complaints lodged against the school.

— Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
But at the last moment, the defense attorney sprung up from his chair to argue a Hail Mary in a final effort to avert a mistrial, prompting a court officer to hold out his hand to signal the jurors should not yet enter the courtroom.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of attorney

Noun

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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In August, the State Department announced sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane of Japan and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal over their involvement in the court’s investigation of Israel’s war in Gaza.

— Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
The problem is that Kevin is not a trial lawyer and only has his intern niece Paige (Lana Condor) and partners Sal Maltese (Tone Bell) and Dottie Jones (Martha Kelly) to assist him.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of trial lawyer

Noun

Born on October 13, 1945, in the Bronx, Nadler developed his comedy as a summer camp counselor.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
Nadler honed his comedy chops as a summer camp counselor and discovered a passion for stand-up while a theater major at Ithaca College.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 31 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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