单词 | ambulance chase |
释义 | > as lemmasambulance chase ambulance chase v. [after ambulance chaser n.] slang (originally U.S.) intransitive (of a lawyer) to seek or try to obtain clients who have suffered injury, loss, etc., in order to profit from compensation claims; (also occasionally transitive) to seek or pursue (a client) for this purpose. ΚΠ 1930 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 13 Feb. 3/5 There never was a doubt in the mind of every honest individual that I never ambulance chased. 1937 M. E. Marten & ‘N. Cross’ Doctor looks at Murder iv. 145 A compensation lawyer who..ambulance-chased every worker who took sick and seemed likely to die. 2011 R. S. Ginsburg in R. S. Ginsburg et al. Understanding & Using Networks for Law Pract. Devel. vi. 65 All lawyers seem to know the ‘rule’ that attorneys are not supposed to ambulance chase. < as lemmas |
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