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ambulance chasers

Ambulance chasing, also known as capping, is a term which refers to a lawyer soliciting for clients at a disaster site. The term "ambulance chasing" comes from the stereotype of lawyers who follow ambulances to the emergency room to find clients.

Indigenous Mexican Americans or Mexican American Indians are American citizens who are descended from the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Indigenous Mexican-Americans usually speak an Indigenous language as their first language and may not speak either Spanish or English.

beyond the pale

phrase of pale

outside the bounds of acceptable behavior.

dust off

transitive verb. : to bring out or back to use again dusted off his golf clubs when he retired.

day of reckoning

phrase of day

the time when past mistakes or misdeeds must be punished or paid for; a testing time when the degree of one's success or failure will be revealed.

"a day of reckoning will come for those in the security service"

group home

/ɡro͞op hōm/

noun

noun: group home; plural noun: group homes

a home where a small number of unrelated people in need of care, support, or supervision can live together, such as those who are elderly or mentally ill.