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lemon:definition Statement1
rdf:type lemon:SenseDefinition
lemon:value eng “An unethical attorney who solicits business at the scenes of accidents or in hospitals, in exchange for a percentage of the damages that will be recovered in the case.”
lemon:value eng “The origins of this phrase date from 1897, from newspaper articles about attorneys seeking clients through targeted mail solicitation. “Ambulance chasing” was one of the descriptive phrases employed by the media for this activity. It later became a derogatory term for direct advertising.”
uby:definitionType “intensionalDefinition”
uby:statementType “etymology”
uby:index “1”
uby:monolingualExternalRef MonolingualExternalRef1
rdf:type uby:MonolingualExternalRef
uby:externalReference “319281:0:1”
uby:externalSystem “Wiktionary sense key”
uby:semanticLabel SemanticLabel1
rdf:type uby:SemanticLabel
uby:label “derogatory”
uby:type “register”

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