lawfare

English

Etymology

Blend of law +‎ warfare

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔːfɛə(ɹ)/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

lawfare (uncountable)

  1. The use of the judicial system against one's opponents, often only to attack or condemn a rival.
    • 2014 July 17, Glenn Reynolds, quoting Kurt Schlichter, "Conservative Insurgency", Instapundit‎, retrieved 2014-08-02:
      We started calling it “conservative lawfare”, and it drove the progressives nuts.
    • 2020 June 18, Lisa Cox, quoting Sussan Ley, “Claims major projects are being delayed by environmental 'lawfare' dismissed in new research”, in The Guardian‎:
      Earlier this year the environment minister, Sussan Ley, said the “lawfare that is such a part of today’s environmental landscape can be crippling to ­business as well as to environmental organisations”.

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