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lawyerspeak

lawyerspeak noun: the abstruse jargon of lawyers.

Noun

lawyerspeak (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The abstruse jargon of lawyers.
    • And, they pointed out in lawyerspeak, “the subplot in plaintiffs’ screenplay about Gordo and his defecation obsession has no analogue in defendants’ motion picture.”2007 February 22, William Glaberson, “Dodgeballs and Jokes May Seem Too Close for Comfort”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    legalese

lawyerspeak meaning in Bengali

lawyerspeak in Bengali

আইনজীবীদের ব্যবহৃত দুর্বোধ্য পরিভাষা

Synonyms of lawyerspeak

Forms of lawyerspeak

alternative formlawyer-speak

Origin of lawyerspeak

From lawyer + -speak.

Questions about lawyerspeak

What does lawyerspeak mean?
Lawyerspeak means the abstruse jargon of lawyers.
What is lawyerspeak in Bengali?
Lawyerspeak in Bengali is আইনজীবীদের ব্যবহৃত দুর্বোধ্য পরিভাষা. See Lawyerspeak meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is lawyerspeak?
Lawyerspeak is a noun.

Words near lawyerspeak in the dictionary

  1. lawyerly
  2. lawyers
  3. lawyers up
  4. lawyership
  5. lawyerships
  6. lawyerspeak
  7. lawyery
  8. lax
  9. lax bro
  10. lax bros
  11. Lax pair

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lawyerspeak (page history and authors); lawyerspeak (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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