barratry
- Noun. the act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones
. - Noun. the sale and/or purchase of political positions of power.
- Noun. (context, admiralty) unlawful or fraudulent acts by the crew of a vessel, harming the vessel's owner.
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