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Pettifogged


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Pettifog

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  • (1) An Israeli commentator said of the first of them: "when one looks through all the lofty phraseology, all the deliberate disinformation, the hundreds of pettifogging sections, sub-sections, appendices and protocols, one clearly recognises that the Israeli victory was absolute and Palestine defeat abject."
  • (2) He’s the ultimate Gary Stu character: a billionaire beholden to no one and able to abuse every disingenuous and pettifogging remora latched headfirst on the nation and sucking upward.

Pettifogger


Definition:

  • (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.

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