outlitigated

Verb

outlitigate (third-person singular simple present outlitigates, present participle outlitigating, simple past and past participle outlitigated)

1. (transitive) To defeat in litigation.
   • The film lays out how Mr. Gore, and the nation, missed a chance to find out for sure, partly through Mr. Gore’s own lack of nerve but mostly because the Democrats were outlitigated and outfoxed by a tougher, more sophisticated team of Republican lawyers and political consultants.2008 May 23, Alessandra Stanley, “Soothing or Salting Wounds From Election 2000”, in New York Times