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Pettifogger

//ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry.

    "Hence the cunning measure of appointing as ambassador some political pettifogger skilled in delays, sophisms, and misapprehensions, and dexterous in the art of baffling argument."

  2. 2
    a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections wordnet
  3. 3
    An unscrupulous or unethical lawyer, especially one of lesser skill.

    ""An inn, or a tavern . . . these are places where greasy citizens take pipe and pot, where the knavish pettifoggers of the law spunge on their most unhappy victims."

  4. 4
    a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods wordnet

Etymology

petty + fogger

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