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ambulance chaser

noun

, Usually Disparaging.
  1. a lawyer who seeks accident victims as clients and encourages them to sue for damages (sometimes used facetiously).


ambulance chaser

noun

  1. slang.
    a lawyer who seeks to encourage and profit from the lawsuits of accident victims
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ambulance chasing, noun
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Other Words From

  • ambulance chasing noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ambulance chaser1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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Idioms and Phrases

An attorney who seeks to profit from someone's injury or accident; also, an inferior lawyer. For example, Karen refused to join any law firm that included ambulance chasers . The practice of suing for damages on behalf of the injured person in exchange for a contingency fee—usually a large percentage of the amount so won—may be older, but this derogatory term began to be used for lawyers who actively sought out individuals injured in accidents who required an ambulance. [ Slang ; late 1800s]
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Example Sentences

"My name is Andrea Frottier, and I hope you don't mind that I mixed up, but I am a compulsive ambulance chaser," I told her.

I didn't do it, and I can beat any case that half-assed ex-ambulance-chaser, Farnsworth, could dream up against me.

That peculiar condition which excites the lively interest of the ambulance-chaser.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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