Pettifogger
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- quibblershyster
- plural
- Pettifoggers
- possessive
- Pettifogger's
- pluralpossessive
- Pettifoggers'