rort
noun
ˈrȯ(ə)rt
plural -s
Australia
: a fraudulent scheme : trick
Word History
Etymology
perhaps back-formation from rorty
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
- back-passes
- back-patting
- back-putty
- back-rake
- back-reef
- back-room
- back-scratching
- back-set bed
- back-strapped
- back-tan
- back-tanning
- back-titrate
- back-titration
- back-to-back
- back-to-backs
- back-to-work
- back/paint oneself into a corner
- backache
- backache brake
- backaches
- backaching
- backassward
- backasswards
- backbackiri
- backband