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criminal lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who specializes in criminal law
especially
: a lawyer who represents defendants in criminal cases
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Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
In New York, a bill has been introduced repeatedly in the Albany statehouse to ban campaign funds from being used to cover a public official’s bills for criminal lawyers.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1753, in the meaning defined above
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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criminal lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who specializes in criminal law
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