criminal lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who specializes in criminal law
especially
: a lawyer who represents defendants in criminal cases
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Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
In New York, a bill has been introduced repeatedly in the Albany statehouse to ban campaign funds from being used to cover a public official’s bills for criminal lawyers.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
In New York, a bill has been introduced repeatedly in the Albany statehouse to ban campaign funds from being used to cover a public official’s bills for criminal lawyers.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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