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noun ADJ. clever, competent, good, successful | leading, senior | experienced, qualified | practising | academic | defence, prosecuting, prosecution | corporate, government | foreign, international, local | civil, civil rights, commercial, constitutional, criminal, divorce, human rights, libel, personal injuryPROFESSIONAL (for verbs)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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lawyer
someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court:
• His lawyer told him to plead guilty.
attorney
American English a lawyer. Attorney sounds more formal than lawyer:
• ‘The United States sees intellectual property rights as sacred,’ said Thomas Klitgaard, an attorney specializing in international law. • Acting on the advice of his attorney, he remained silent throughout the questioning.
solicitor
a type of lawyer in Britain who gives legal advice, prepares the documents when property is bought or sold, and defends people, especially in the lower courts of law:
• She works as a commercial property solicitor at Nabarro Nathanson in London. • He went to the family solicitor to make a will.
barrister
a lawyer in Britain who can argue cases in the higher law courts:
• McWalter's barrister, Hugh Vass, stressed his client’s previous good character.
advocate
formal a formal word for a lawyer in American English, or a barrister in Scotland:
• The committee can put questions to the defendant or his advocate.
brief
British English informal the lawyer who represents someone in a court case:
• His brief asked for a fine rather than a prison sentence.
counsel
[ uncountable ] the lawyer or group of lawyers who are representing someone in court:
• counsel for the defence/prosecution
Longman-Thesaurus
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verbs
get a lawyer
• If you are charged with breaking the law, you will need to get a lawyer.
hire/engage a lawyer
• He’s rich enough to hire a good lawyer.
see/consult a lawyer
(= talk to a lawyer for advice )
• She has consulted a lawyer and is considering whether to sue Bailey.
talk to/speak to a lawyer
(= for advice )
• Have you spoken to a lawyer?
a lawyer acts for/defends/represents somebody
• a group of lawyers who represent the airline
a lawyer argues something
• His lawyers argued that the charges against him were baseless.
a lawyer advises something
• His lawyers advised him not to comment.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lawyer
a defence lawyer
(= a lawyer who tries to prove in court that someone is not guilty )
• This evidence was given to the defence lawyer.
a prosecution lawyer
(= a lawyer who tries to prove in court that someone is guilty )
• The prosecution lawyer asked his witness a question.
a civil rights lawyer
• He has worked as a civil rights lawyer for over twenty years.
a criminal lawyer
• She is one of the country’s leading criminal lawyers.
a clever lawyer
• A clever lawyer may get a case against his client dropped because of a technicality.
a hotshot lawyer
(= a successful and confident lawyer )
• He’s a hotshot lawyer with a growing reputation.
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