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Barratry Common

Barratry has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments

2

the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery

3

(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

4

the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels

5

The act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
traffic bribery fraud crime
Rhyming Words
try extry autry metry nitry iatry latry entry retry pantry sextry bantry peltry gantry hostry sultry mistry vintry vestry ometry
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