picapleitos
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of pica (“to stab, to chop”) + pleitos (“lawsuits”).
Noun
picapleitos m or f by sense (plural picapleitos)
- (colloquial, derogatory) shark lawyer
- Synonym: buscapleitos
Further reading
- “picapleitos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024