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- DictionaryRort/rôrt/
noun
- 1. a fraudulent or dishonest act or practice: informal Australian, New Zealand "a tax rort"
- 2. a wild party. informal, dated Australian
The meaning of RORT is a fraudulent scheme : trick.
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Probably a back-formation from rorty (“boisterous or rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué”). Originally slang but now in common usage.
IPA(key): /ɹɔː(ɹ)t/Homophone: wrought (in non-rhotic accents)Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)trort (plural rorts) 1. (Australia, New Zealand) A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public money or resources. 1.1. 2008, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 4067, 1.1.1. Not all of the projects were bad or rorts; the majority were no doubt valuable to their communities. 1.2. 2009, Ju...
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. 1.1. 1992, Victorian Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 496: 1.1.1. He wants to change the system for the benefit of all and wants to stop the inc...
RORT definition: 1. to take unfair advantage of a public service: 2. a plan to take unfair advantage of a public…. Learn more.
1. a rowdy party or celebration. [...] 2. a dishonest scheme. [...] 3. to take unfair advantage of (something) [...] More. Conjugations of 'rort' present simple: I rort, you rort [...] past simple: I rorted, you rorted [...] past participle: rorted. More. Translations of 'rort' English-French.
May 15, 2024 · noun. 1. a rowdy party or celebration. 2. a dishonest scheme. verb. 3. to take unfair advantage of (something) Collins English Dictionary.
Oct 13, 2020 · As a verb, rort means to swindle or dupe. Part of Aussie slang since at least the 1910s, rort is a backformation from rorter. It is now commonly used in reference to election rigging, embezzlement, and other dodgy practices indulged in by the nation’s movers and shakers.
Define rort. rort synonyms, rort pronunciation, rort translation, English dictionary definition of rort. n 1. a rowdy party or celebration 2. a dishonest scheme vb to take unfair advantage of something ˈrorty adj Collins English Dictionary – Complete and...
