barratry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones. countable,uncountable
    — [Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism.
  2. The sale or purchase of religious or political positions of power. countable,uncountable
  3. Unlawful or fraudulent acts by the crew of a vessel, harming the vessel's owner. countable,uncountable

词形变化

barratries plural

词汇关系

相关词
barrator barratrous barratrously champerty

词源

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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