defense attorney

English

Noun

defense attorney (plural defense attorneys)

1. (US) A lawyer who represents defendants in legal proceedings.
   1. (US) A lawyer who regularly represents defendants who have insurance and is chosen by the insurance company.
   2. (US) A lawyer who regularly represents criminal defendants.

Synonyms

• (lawyer who represents defendants): defence counsel (UK)

Coordinate terms

• plaintiff's attorney

Translations

a lawyer who represents defendants in legal proceedings

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辯護律師／辩护律师 (biàhù lǜshī)

• Finnish: puolustusasianajaja
• French: avocat de la défense
• German: Verteidiger (de) m, Strafverteidiger (de) m, Strafverteidigerin (de) f
• Hebrew: סנגור (he) m (sanegor), סנגורית f (sanegorit), סנגורים m pl (sanegorim), סנגוריות f pl (sanegoriot)
• Hungarian: védőügyvéd (hu), védő (hu)
• Italian: difensore (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: وَکِیلِ صَفائی m (vakīl-e-ṣafā'ī)

References

• “defense attorney”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.