criminal lawyer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of criminal lawyer
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Mr. Kempt, who worked as a criminal lawyer in the Arctic for almost two decades, conjures this forbidding landscape and its residents with artful authority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Another of the public viewers was a criminal lawyer who had previously attended Richard Nixon’s funeral just to “hang around” and wanted to be here for this piece of history surrounding a “similar, colorful crook.”
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2024
Della Donna had a full calendar of civil cases and no experience as a criminal lawyer.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
When Goldstein continued to press, Girardi said, “I’m not a criminal lawyer, as I said 15 times.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
Finally, more than a month into the trial, a Chicago criminal lawyer who was Scoville’s friend agreed to join the defense team.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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