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lawyer

/ˈlɔɪ.ɚ/ verb C2
  1. To practice law. (informal, intransitive)
  2. To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer. (intransitive)
  3. To make legalistic arguments. (intransitive)
  4. To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something. (informal, transitive) · You've been lawyered!

He/she/it lawyers · Past lawyered · Past participle lawyered · -ing form lawyering

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Verb forms

Base form
lawyer
He/she/it
lawyers
Past
lawyered
Past participle
lawyered
-ing form
lawyering

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Some pragmatical seventeenth century lawyer, I suppose.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 49 · B2
You need not mention it to the American lawyer....
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 79 · B2
No sooner had our client unlatched it than the American lawyer burst excitedly into the room.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 83 · B2
"I can only suppose that this American lawyer put it in himself.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 87 · B2

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