ambulance chaser
noun[C]
informaldisapprovinguk/ˈæm.bjʊ.ləns ˌtʃeɪ.sər/us/ˈæm.bjʊ.ləns ˌtʃeɪ.sɚ/alawyerwhotriesto getworkbypersuadingsomeone who has been in anaccidenttoclaimmoneyfrom thepersonorcompanyresponsiblefor theaccident:
(怂恿受伤者起诉的)冷血讼棍律师;(乘人之危获取稿源的)冷血记者Anambulancechasercontactedher thedayshe wasinjuredandpersuadedher tosuethecitycouncilfornegligence.她受伤的当天,就有一个冷血讼棍律师联系到她,劝她起诉市政务委员会失职。
News reporting & the press
- breaking news
- bury the ledeidiom
- citizen journalism
- citizen journalist
- correspondent
- dispatch
- investigative journalism
- investigative journalist
- journalism
- journalist
- journalistic
- lay baresomethingidiom
- photojournalist
- press baron
- press conference
- press gallery
- scoop
- spoiler
- the Associated Press
- the Press Association