lawfare

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːfɛə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈlɔˌfɛəɹ/
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• General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˈlɑ-/
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Blend of law + warfare.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حرب القانون — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Basque: gerra juridiko — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Basque: gerra judizial — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Catalan: guerra judicial — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Chinese Mandarin: 法律戰 /法律战 (fǎlǜzhàn) — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Finnish: oikeudellinen sodankäynti — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• French: guerre du droit — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• French: guerre juridique — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• French: judiciarisation — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• German: Gerichtskrieg — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Hebrew: לוחמה משפטית — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Italian: lawfare — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Italian: guerra giudiziaria — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Norwegian Bokmål: lawfare — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Norwegian Bokmål: juridisk krigføring — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Portuguese: lawfare — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Portuguese: litigância de má-fé — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Sicilian: guerra jurìdica — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Spanish: guerra jurídica — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Spanish: acoso judicial — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Swedish: lawfare — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Thai: นิติสงคราม — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate
• Ukrainian: правовійна́ (pravovijná) — bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate