- ambulance chasing
- noun see ambulance chaser
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ambulance chasing
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ambulance chaser — ambulance chasing. Disparaging. a lawyer who seeks accident victims as clients and encourages them to sue for damages. [1895 1900, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
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