barratry
Barratry is a 8 letter word which starts with the letter B and ends with the letter Y for which we found 3 definitions.
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| (n.) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. |
| (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship in his character of master or of the mariners to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose as by running away with the ship sinking or deserting her etc. or by embezzling the cargo. |
| (n.) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment. |
Syllable Information
The word barratry is a 8 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for barratry is: bar-ra-try
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