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rorts

rorts is the plural of rort.

rorts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rort.

Meaning of rort

Noun

rort (plural rorts)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public money or resources.
    • Not all of the projects were bad or rorts; the majority were no doubt valuable to their communities.2008, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 4067

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Questions about rorts

What is rorts the plural of?
Rorts is the plural of rort.

Words near rorts in the dictionary

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

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