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Definition of rort in English: rortnoun rɔːtrɔrt Australian informal 1NZ A fraudulent or dishonest act or practice. Example sentencesExamples - They see political entitlements with too many rorts and too much feather-bedding.
- One of Australia's biggest rorts is a politician's superannuation.
- What MPs have done is legislate a tax rort for themselves.
- The facts of these matters and the rorts around them are now part of public record.
- It is possible to win by addressing these issues openly and honesty as Peter Beattie did in Queensland with the electoral rorts affair.
- But ask any long-term employee and a cascade of rorts, real and imagined, come tumbling out.
- Today I've decided to take a look at some of these rip-offs and rorts, and to invite readers to submit their own observations and opinions by way of the forums.
- With all the travel rorts and credit card misuses by politicians and high officials that have been exposed in recent times, this further instance of ripping off the taxpayer was sure to ignite public opinion.
- In August 1999 a firm represented on a State Government committee investigating real estate rorts was accused of being part of the problem.
- They set up a fake company that appeals to greedy businessmen keen for a rort and the race is on.
Synonyms deception, trick, cheat, hoax, subterfuge, stratagem, wile, ruse, artifice, swindle, racket 2dated A wild party. Example sentencesExamples - They seem to be able to find money to waste on rorts and subsidising big business but yet we still have waiting lists in hospitals.
Synonyms social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social
verb rɔːt [no object]Australian, NZ 1Engage in sharp practice. Example sentencesExamples - This was a club that cheated and rorted over a period of years and they deserved everything they got and, arguably, quite some more.
- I am not entirely sure that politicians, as a class, are any worse than ever they were, but what is clear is that the opportunities they now have to rort are greater than ever they were.
- 1.1with object Manipulate (a ballot or records) fraudulently; rig.
Example sentencesExamples - He was disgraced three years ago for rorting the party books and only escaped prison on, as the PM would say, ‘a technicality‘.
- 1.2with object Work (a system) to obtain the greatest benefit while remaining within the letter of the law.
Example sentencesExamples - He and his friends, family and mentors rorted the system.
- Senior politicians, rorting the system with inflated travel claims.
- Stories of the first home buyers’ scheme being rorted are not new.
- ‘This highlights our concerns that the system is being rorted by employers,’ Roberston says.
- If you do nothing productive you are a bludger, get something positive together then we are accused of rorting the system.
- Between the second preliminary hearing and the first directions hearing, I caught and exposed three councillors for rorting the system.
Origin 1930s: back-formation from rorty. Rhymes abort, apport, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, contort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, purport, quart, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, transport, wart, wrought Definition of rort in US English: rortnounrɔrtrôrt Australian informal 1NZ often with modifier A fraudulent or dishonest act or practice. Example sentencesExamples - They set up a fake company that appeals to greedy businessmen keen for a rort and the race is on.
- What MPs have done is legislate a tax rort for themselves.
- They see political entitlements with too many rorts and too much feather-bedding.
- In August 1999 a firm represented on a State Government committee investigating real estate rorts was accused of being part of the problem.
- But ask any long-term employee and a cascade of rorts, real and imagined, come tumbling out.
- One of Australia's biggest rorts is a politician's superannuation.
- With all the travel rorts and credit card misuses by politicians and high officials that have been exposed in recent times, this further instance of ripping off the taxpayer was sure to ignite public opinion.
- It is possible to win by addressing these issues openly and honesty as Peter Beattie did in Queensland with the electoral rorts affair.
- The facts of these matters and the rorts around them are now part of public record.
- Today I've decided to take a look at some of these rip-offs and rorts, and to invite readers to submit their own observations and opinions by way of the forums.
Synonyms deception, trick, cheat, hoax, subterfuge, stratagem, wile, ruse, artifice, swindle, racket 2dated A wild party. Example sentencesExamples - They seem to be able to find money to waste on rorts and subsidising big business but yet we still have waiting lists in hospitals.
Synonyms social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social
Origin 1930s: back-formation from rorty. |