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   pet·ti·fog

   /ˈpedēˌfôɡ/

   verb

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

   Word Origin early 17th century: back-formation from pettifogger.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pettifoggery noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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