ambulance chaser

noun

Definition of ambulance chasernext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambulance chaser
  1. lawyer
  2. district attorney
  3. prosecuting attorney
  4. attorney
  5. shyster
  6. trial lawyer
  7. counselor
  8. legal eagle
Noun
  • Lawyers for the estate countered Monday that SAPS, as a corporate defendant, could not represent itself and was required to appear through a lawyer.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Roberts later pressed Kevin Russell, a lawyer for the Boulder officials, on the practical implications of siding with his position.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of lawyer
Noun
  • The local district attorney declined to seek criminal charges, but the criminal case was reopened after the lawsuit was filed.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The district attorney's office opposed Mangione's attempt to dismiss his state indictment, which charged him with murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in December 2024.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of district attorney
Noun
  • Clay County’s deputy chief prosecuting attorney, Spencer Curtis, was appointed by the North Kansas City Council to fill the position, effective as of midnight on Wednesday.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In exchange, the state agreed to drop a murder charge, according to the Franklin County prosecuting attorney.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of prosecuting attorney
Noun
  • Twenty-seven states have passed laws ensuring that defendants in consumer debt cases have the right to an attorney once jail time becomes a possibility, Jones said.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Kolodin, an attorney who had lost a GOP primary for the state Senate that summer, was seen as something of a gadfly by some in the state GOP and hardly seen at all by others.
    — Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of attorney
Noun
  • The despicable Lindsay Clancy lawyer, using a repulsive alternative defense, shows the egregious chutzpah some shysters resort to to get a client off.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The filmmaker has likened his perspective in this project to that of Dorothy’s dog Toto in The Wizard of Oz, alert to the shuffling feet beneath the curtain rather than being bamboozled by the shyster title character’s techno showmanship.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of shyster
Noun
  • 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
  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria Roman Catholic Church in Avalon hosted a gathering on Thursday for community members who needed to speak to a counselor to help process what happened.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Only 54% of counselors recommend trades, versus 88% who recommend universities.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 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
Definition of legal eagle

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“Ambulance chaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulance%20chaser. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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