picapleitos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of pica (“to stab, to chop”) +‎ pleitos (“lawsuits”).

Noun

picapleitos m or f by sense (plural picapleitos)

(colloquial, derogatory) shark lawyer
Synonym: buscapleitos

Further reading

“picapleitos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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