rortverb [ T ]
uk/rɔːt/us/rɔːrt/Australian English informalto take unfair advantage of a public service:
Gary's been rorting the system, getting both a student allowance and unemployment benefit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- perjury
- Ponzi scheme
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
- swindle
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rortnoun [ C ]
uk/rɔːt/us/rɔːrt/Australian English informala plan to take unfair advantage of a public service
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- perjury
- Ponzi scheme
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
- swindle
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