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rules lawyers

n. (rules lawyer English)

Usage examples of "rules lawyers".

The races which owned the Federation were all fanatical rules lawyers, but once they'd agreed upon what the rules were (and they had rules which detailed even the proper and acceptable ways to commit treason), they clung to them with death-grip intensity.

The races which owned the Federation were all fanatical rules lawyers, but once they’.