Twitter Google Share on Facebook ambulance chaser Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus,Legal,Idioms,Wikipedia. Apopularterm,firstusedin1897,foralawyerorhis/heragentwhosolicitsaccidentvictimsaspotentialclients,byencouragingthemtoinitiatealawsuitagainstthepartyresponsiblefortheaccident,andsuefordamages ...
They called (for) anambulance. She was takenby ambulance[=in an ambulance] to the hospital. (disapproving) She had a reputation for being anambulance chaser. [=a lawyer who gets clients by convincing accident victims that they should file a lawsuit about the accident]...