Pettifogger
nounid
113964·updated May 18, 2026verified
a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
polysemous
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- quibblershyster
- plural
- Pettifoggers
- possessive
- Pettifogger's
- pluralpossessive
- Pettifoggers'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a disputant who quibbles
- §2
- a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
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