ambulance chaser

noun

: a lawyer or lawyer's agent who incites accident victims to sue for damages

ambulance chasing noun

Examples of ambulance chaser in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the case of Jay-Z, the billionaire has come out swinging against attorney Tony Buzbee, branding him an ambulance chaser and calling him a 1-800 lawyer. —Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025

My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit. —Shannon Power, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024

My heart and support goes out to the true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit. —Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024

Critics knock 'ambulance chasers at times of racial trauma. —Neal Justin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023

This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content. —Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022

On the one hand, people have referred to you as Black America’s attorney general, helping David fight Goliath, while on the other, critics have called you an opportunist or ambulance chaser. —Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020

Corporations portrayed tort lawyers as ambulance chasers seeking to make a buck through frivolous litigation. —Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2019

Then, after Notre Dame cathedral burned in April, architects played ambulance chasers, rushing in with drawings that proposed rebuilding the landmark with such nonsensical features as a rooftop swimming pool and a twisting spire. —Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ambulance chaser

• acer
• baser
• pacer
• racer
• spacer
• tracer
• eraser
• replacer
• radiotracer

Legal Definition

ambulance chaser

noun

am·​bu·​lance chas·​er

: a lawyer or lawyer's agent who solicits accident victims to sue for damages