Internetreferntie 1:
[by Evert DELOOF-SYS] Mar 27 2002
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refers to those rather slick people

who indeed 'chase' people who're about to die in order to buy some of their valuables (e.g. manuscripts)before anyone else or who're after real estate to be put up for auction.
The negative connotation can be found in e.g. 'ambulance chaser' as well
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Thank you all for the explanation. Ági

Grade: 4



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Other pros opinions of this response:

agree Chris Rowson: I think this is right, and I suspect it refers to the Reggie from an English TV series called something like "The Rise and Rise of Reginald Perrin". He was a somewhat dodgy character, I think, as indicated here.
agree Attila Piróth: `Shark' is also used in this sense.
agree Jack Doughty
agree Lara Colo
agree Margaret Lagoyianni: a sinister preoccupation indeed
agree Michael Deliso: I AGREE
agree athena22: Someone who chases after, i.e., pursues, the consequences of something bad happening for their own gain--death, injury--etc. There is a sense that it goes way beyond decency and is, as Evert said, way too slick, unprofessional, greedy, etc.
agree John Kinory: Reggie Perrin was not dodgy: on the contrary, he was too naive for the world of advertising.
agree xxxivw
agree Michael Sebold: Perhaps I'm naive, 'cause I'm shocked by the contraction of who and are . . .

Internetreferentie 2:
Meaning of CHASER

[n] a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; "always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers"



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Note added at 2004-08-10 09:08:50 (GMT)
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graaier, hebberd

Maar ik vind geen echt goede vertaling voor \'development chaser\'