lawyer

A person whose job is to give advice about the law and speak for people in court.

• You should ask a lawyer.
• Her lawyer helped her understand the contract.
• The two lawyers spoke to the judge.

Similar words: attorney, legal adviser

Common phrases: hire a lawyer, criminal lawyer, ask a lawyer

A person allowed to give legal advice and speak for people in court.

• You need a lawyer.
• Her lawyer helped her prepare for court.
• Have you spoken to your lawyers?

Similar words: attorney, legal adviser

Common phrases: hire a lawyer, criminal lawyer, lawyer for someone

A person whose law degree qualifies them for legal work.

• She is a lawyer by training.
• The company employs lawyers to review contracts.
• His degree qualified him as a lawyer.

Similar words: legal professional

Common phrases: qualified lawyer, trained lawyer, graduate lawyer

To work professionally giving legal advice or representing people in court.

• She lawyers for a small firm.
• He lawyered in Chicago for years.
• I spend my days lawyering for local businesses.

Similar words: practise law

Common phrases: lawyer for someone, lawyer in court

To argue by focusing on legal rules and small details.

• They lawyered over every word of the agreement.
• Stop lawyering and answer the question.
• She can lawyer any rule into meaning something else.

Similar words: argue legalistically

Common phrases: lawyer over something, lawyer the wording

To ask someone many difficult questions until they admit something.

• Stop lawyering me about last night.
• She lawyered him until he admitted the truth.
• They tried to lawyer me into changing my story.

How to use it: lawyer someone into doing something (He lawyered me into admitting I had taken the money.)

Similar words: cross-examine, grill

Common phrases: lawyer someone, lawyer someone into