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lawyering

[ law-yer-ing, loi-er- ]

noun

  1. the practice of law; the duties, functions, or skills of a lawyer.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lawyering1

First recorded in 1670–80; lawyer + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Even public-service lawyering jobs, while underpaid for the field, still pay better than low-wage warehouse labor.

Butler's lawyering opened the doors to thousands of refugees.

“I used the concept of rules lawyering as a mechanic in the game,” Brathwaite explains.

Again, all of this might mean that Lewis is simply preparing for the worst by lawyering up with the best.

I grow alarmed at times when I realize how easy lawyering makes lying.

She never let us bother him the least bit when there was something big happening in 102his lawyering.

I wonder if he thought that we, with our brokering and our writing and our lawyering, dealt much with ideas!

The colonel was a trump, and the lads were trumps, so they followed suit, and no lawyering.

The father made up his mind I was to be a big thing in the lawyering way.

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