criminal lawyer

noun

1. a person who specializes in the practice of criminal law.

Word History and Origins

Origin of criminal lawyer¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

He has 20 years' experience working as a criminal lawyer, specialising in fraud.

From BBC

Patrick Kroker, an international criminal lawyer at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, said that “the indications that international law was violated here are so strong that they should be investigated by a prosecutorial authority”.

From BBC

Another of the public viewers was a criminal lawyer who had previously attended Richard Nixon’s funeral just to “hang around” and wanted to be here for this piece of history surrounding a “similar, colorful crook.”

From Slate

The Malaysian criminal lawyer has become one of the key faces of Voice 370, a next-of-kin support group, as she channeled her grief into keeping alive the quest for answers in the mysterious disappearance of MH370 that has ripped many families apart.

From Seattle Times

According to her criminal lawyer, Ruben Oliva: “Over the course of her life she has had the great misfortune of ... crossing paths with men who have only seen her as a means to an end.”

From Los Angeles Times