pettifogger

The definition of a pettifogger is a lawyer who handles minor cases using unethical manors, or a cheater.

(noun)

An example of a pettifogger is someone who spends a lot of time fighting over unimportant issues in the courtroom.

See pettifogger in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a lawyer who handles petty cases, esp. one who uses unethical methods in conducting trumped-up cases
a trickster; cheater
a quibbler; caviler

Origin: petty + obs. fogger < ?

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See pettifogger in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Probably petty

Origin: + obsolete fogger, pettifogger

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