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  1. Oxford Dictionary

    pettifog

    • IPA[ˈpɛtɪfɒɡ]

    英式

    • v.
      quibble about petty points；practise legal deception or trickery

    • verb: pettifog, 3rd person present: pettifogs, gerund or present participle: pettifogging, past tense: pettifogged, past participle: pettifogged

    • 釋義

    動詞

    • 1. archaic quibble about petty points they pettifogged on detail and fretted about moral hazard
    • ▪ archaic practise legal deception or trickery he will rather pettifog and turn common barrator than be out of employment