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dump truck
 n.— «dump truck (dump truk) n. Slang. A criminal lawyer who seldom fights a case, but who plea-bargains his way to a fast guilty plea.» —“Fifth Column; Law And Society” by Clayton Ruby Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.) Mar. 23, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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