to rort

Examples

• All

• He was accused of trying to rort the scholarship application process to gain an unfair advantage.

• I suppose Andy Grove's piece could be quoted to show that you can have your industrial policy rorted without even having (officially) an industrial policy.

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• Raines' activities were so questionable that he eventually had to pay a $15 million settlement after a court case brought by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight because of the way he and his executives set in motion distortionary accounting procedures that rorted the system to generate these huge bonuses.

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• Some individuals rort the tax system to keep more money for themselves.

Synonyms

T

to take advantage

vsto rort

549 4.6

To use a person or situation to get an unfair benefit for yourself

involves obtaining money or advantage through dishonest exploitation of rules

C

to cheat

vsto rort

474 1.2

To act dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage

focuses more on exploiting systems and rules rather than general deceit

E

to exploit

vsto rort

214 5.6

To use someone or something in an unfair way to get an advantage

is about gaining money or benefit by dishonest system manipulation instead

G

to game

vsto rort

• Informal

36 7.6

To try to get an unfair advantage by using the rules

covers gaining money or advantage by dishonest means beyond only rule manipulation

How Dishonest

to defraud

• Formal

40 6.9

to swindle

20 5.5

to rort

• Australian

9.9

to cheat

474 1.2

to rip off

• Informal

76 6.5

Surface Forms

Etymology