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Barratry

noun

Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments. Synonym: simony.

The crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery.

(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.

The offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels.

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"Barratry" Quotes from Famous Books

... whisper you was in Aranuka but when I got there you'd left. But I found your wife—her you called Pinky. She couldn't believe you'd slipped your cable for good an' there she was, a-waitin' an' a-waitin' for her king to come back. Gib, I'm free to tell you that piracy, barratry, murder an' homicide pales into insignificance compared with what you went an' done, for you broke an innercent an' trustin' heart an' hell's too good for a man that'll pull ...

— Captain Scraggs - or, The Green-Pea Pirates • Peter B. Kyne

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