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German
Etymology
Recht (“law”) + -s- + Verdreher (“twister”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Rechtsverdreher m (strong, genitive Rechtsverdrehers, plural Rechtsverdreher, feminine Rechtsverdreherin)
- (derogatory or humorous) pettifogger
1871, August Schrader, Kunst und Liebe, page 23:„Vor Advocaten und Bettelbrod bewahre uns, lieber Herregot! Nein,“ fügte er heftig hinzu, „wäre mein Sohn ein Rechtsverdreher geworden, ich hätte ihn enterbt, so lieb ich ihn habe. […] “- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Rechtsverdreher
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