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rorting

rorting is the present participle and gerund of rort.

Meaning of rort

Verb

rort (third-person singular simple present rorts, present participle rorting, simple past and past participle rorted)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, transitive) To cheat or defraud.
    • He wants to change the system for the benefit of all and wants to stop the incredible rorting that has occurred within the prisons system.1992, Victorian Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 496

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Questions about rorting

What is rorting the present participle and gerund of?
Rorting is the present participle and gerund of rort.

Words near rorting in the dictionary

  1. rorter
  2. rorters
  3. rortier
  4. rortiest
  5. rortiness
  6. rorting
  7. rorts
  8. rorty
  9. Rortyan
  10. rortyness
  11. rorulent

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