ambulance chasers

noun

plural of ambulance chaser
as in lawyers

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  1. lawyers
  2. shysters
  3. legal eagles
  4. attorneys
Noun
  • Since taking power in 2021, the Taliban has dismissed approximately 270 women judges as well as roughly 1,500 women registered as lawyers with the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association.
    — Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Investigators in recent days contacted some defense lawyers for witnesses advising them of forthcoming grand jury subpoenas.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 8 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
  • The case had been set for a court hearing in late August over enforcement of the 2023 arbitration award, but attorneys for the union filed an unopposed motion the day before, asking for the hearing to be continued.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Burke has pleaded not guilty to murder charges and denied wrongdoing through his attorneys.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of attorneys
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