| 单词 | ambulance chasing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasambulance chasing ambulance chasing n. and adj. slang (originally U.S.) (a) n. the practice, by a lawyer, of actively seeking clients who have suffered injury, loss, etc., in order to profit from compensation claims; (b) adj. (of a lawyer) that actively seeks clients who have suffered injury, loss, etc., in order to profit from compensation claims. ΚΠ 1897 Sun (N.Y.) 5 Aug. 7/3 An account of the growth..of that branch of legal practice known as ‘ambulance chasing’. 1899 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 27 Aug. 13/4 There are a number of ambulance chasing lawyers in this city. 1951 J. Jones From Here to Eternity xlvi. 706 Maybe that was the ambulance chasing bastard that had been watering his whiskey. 2010 Times 19 June 48/2 We've got to ban the ambulance-chasing. < as lemmas |
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