verb🔗ShareChicaner, ergoterTo quibble over trivial matters; nitpick."Instead of focusing on the important points of the project, he kept trying to pettifog over minor formatting details. "Au lieu de se concentrer sur les points importants du projet, il n'arrêtait pas de chicaner sur des détails de formatage mineurs.attitudecharacterwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareChicaner, ergoterTo do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way."The lawyer pettifogged over a minor parking ticket, making the whole process much more complicated than it needed to be. "L'avocat a chicané au sujet d'une contravention de stationnement mineure, rendant l'ensemble de la procédure beaucoup plus compliquée que nécessaire.lawbusinessjobmoralcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
