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pettifogger
 
Noun pettifogger has 2 senses
  1. shyster, pettifogger - a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
    --1 is a kind of wrongdoer, offender
  2. quibbler, caviller, caviler, pettifogger - a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
    --2 is a kind of disputant, controversialist, eristic
    Derived form: verb pettifog1
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