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rort Definition


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rort
noun
    slang:
    1. A trick or fraud.
    2. A lively or riotous party.
verb, intr rorted, rorting
    1. To shout or protest loudly.
    2. At a race meeting: to call the odds.
    (Austral)
    3. slang
      To commit fraud.
Derivative: rorter
noun
    Derivative: rorting
    noun
      The action of commiting fraud.
    Etymology: 20c: back-formation from rorty.



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