单词 | to lawyer up |
释义 | > as lemmasto lawyer up 2. intransitive. Originally U.S. Police slang. to lawyer up: to request a lawyer when being questioned by the police, often implying a probable lack of cooperation with the investigation; (also more generally) to hire a lawyer. ΚΠ 1995 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. c18/1 What really spooks the..detectives on ‘N.Y.P.D. Blue’ is the prospect of a suspect ‘lawyering up’. 1999 J. Farrow City of Ice vi. 109 Kaplonski gave up zilch... He lawyered up and the Great Wall of Silence came down. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 17 Mar. i. 2/3 Kelso was given an ultimatum: Resign or be fired. So Kelso lawyered up. < as lemmas |
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