lawyer

C1 · Advanced Law Informal

v. to work as a lawyer or to use legal arguments to solve a problem.

v. to practice law or to apply legalistic reasoning to a situation, often used in an informal or slightly critical way.

“He tried to lawyer his way out of the parking ticket by finding a tiny mistake on the form.”

“The executive attempted to lawyer the agreement until the original intent of the partnership was completely obscured by technical clauses.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Dialect

n. a name used in some places for plants with sharp, hooked thorns that catch on clothes.

n. a regional or dialectal name for various climbing plants with hooked prickles, such as certain brambles.

“Be careful walking through those bushes; the lawyers will tear your trousers.”

“The hikers struggled through a dense thicket of lawyers that snagged their gear and scratched their exposed skin.”