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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
  • Cotton also rejected an argument by Brown’s lawyers that jurors were biased because Brown’s felony conviction for his 2009 domestic violence assault on his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, was mentioned.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The prosecution’s request that Clancy’s lawyers be prohibited from making extrajudicial statements to the media was also added to the list of issues to be heard in November.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 29 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Clancy's attorneys have asked the judge to dismiss the criminal case.
    — MICHAEL CASEY, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Outside court after the hearing, attorneys for both sides declined comment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of attorneys
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