What is the meaning of Pettifog?

  • (v.i.) To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.
  • (v.t.) To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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