| 单词 | jailhouse lawyer |
| 释义 | jailhouse lawyer in American English US Slang a prison inmate who has learned enough about legal procedures while incarcerated to seek release or sentence reduction and, often, to counsel other inmates in doing so jailhouse lawyer in American Englishnoun a prisoner who has taught himself or herself law while serving time, is knowledgeable about technical legal matters, and gives legal advice, esp. to fellow prisoners Word origin [1965–70; Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, Finlandization, double-book, stun gun, wraparoundExamples of 'jailhouse lawyer' in a sentence |
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