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noun
The act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The sale or purchase of religious or political positions of power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Unlawful or fraudulent acts by the crew of a vessel, harming the vessel's owner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
noun
(maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fraud
noun
the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bribery, graft
noun
traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: simony
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Broader terms: traffic
History
Early 15th century, in sense “sale of offices”, from Old French baraterie (“deceit, trickery”), from barat (“fraud, deceit, trickery”), of unknown origin, perhaps Celtic. In marine sense of “unlawful acts causing loss to owner”, 1620s.
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