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Pettifog
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. i.) To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.
(2):
(v. t.) To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pettifog'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pettifog.html. 1828.