pettifogger
n . 讼棍,骗人的律师
讼棍,骗人的律师
pettifogger n 1 :
a person (
especially a lawyer or politician )
who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods [
synonym : {
shyster },
{
pettifogger }]
2 :
a disputant who quibbles ;
someone who raises annoying petty objections [
synonym : {
quibbler }, {
caviller }, {
caviler },
{
pettifogger }]
Pettifogger \
Pet "
ti *
fog `
ger \,
n .
A lawyer who deals in petty cases ;
an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky ;
an inferior lawyer .
[
1913 Webster ]
A pettifogger was lord chancellor . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pettifogger ":
Philadelphia lawyer ,
ambulance chaser ,
belittler ,
bunco artist ,
bunco steerer ,
captious critic ,
cardsharp ,
cardsharper ,
carper ,
carpetbagger ,
caviler ,
censor ,
censurer ,
common scold ,
con artist ,
con man ,
confidence man ,
crimp ,
critic ,
criticizer ,
equivocator ,
faultfinder ,
frondeur ,
hairsplitter ,
hedger ,
horse coper ,
horse trader ,
jackleg ,
land pirate ,
land shark ,
land -
grabber ,
momus ,
mortgage shark ,
mystificator ,
mystifier ,
nitpicker ,
obscurantist ,
palterer ,
picayune critic ,
pitchman ,
prevaricator ,
pussyfoot ,
pussyfooter ,
quibbler ,
scold ,
shark ,
sharp ,
sharper ,
sharpie ,
shortchanger ,
shuffler ,
shyster ,
slicker ,
smellfungus ,
spieler ,
tergiversator
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