English Dictionary

ambulance chaser

名詞

軽蔑的 広義

(derogatory) An unethical attorney who solicits business at the scenes of accidents or in hospitals, in exchange for a percentage of the damages that will be recovered in the case.

日本語の意味

不正な利益を追求する悪徳弁護士。事故現場や病院などで被害者に便乗して訴訟の仕事を勧誘し、和解金や損害賠償の一部を得ようとする人物

Local residents were upset to learn that the lawyer was an ambulance chaser who solicited accident victims in hospitals in exchange for a percentage of any settlement.

地元住民は、その弁護士が病院で事故の被害者に営業をかけ、回収される賠償金の一部を受け取る非倫理的な弁護士であると知って怒った。

意味（1）

(derogatory) An unethical attorney who solicits business at the scenes of accidents or in hospitals, in exchange for a percentage of the damages that will be recovered in the case.

Republicans have tried to cast him as a millionaire ambulance chaser, the kind of man who forces doctors and businesses to pay ever higher liability-insurance costs.

意味（2）

(by extension) An attorney who engages in unethical behavior.

意味（3）

(derogatory) An unethical funeral director or person who engages in the unlicensed sale of services to those who do not yet require them in an attempt to increase business.

ambulance chasers （ plural ）