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hatrack

(61,398 posts) Tue Jul 20, 2021, 06:29 PM Jul 2021

OK, a really dumb question about Australian English . . .

What is a "rort"?

Thanks!

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OK, a really dumb question about Australian English . . . (Original Post) hatrack Jul 2021 OP

I'm not Australian but a neighbor used to use that word for a 'scam' hlthe2b Jul 2021 #1

Found a definition by google Sanity Claws Jul 2021 #2

Cool - thanks to you and hlth2b!q hatrack Jul 2021 #3

It is usually used in relation to... uriel1972 Jul 2021 #4

We currently have an Australian government made up of rorters. Matilda Aug 2021 #5

hlthe2b

(107,265 posts)

1. I'm not Australian but a neighbor used to use that word for a 'scam'

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 06:33 PM

Jul 2021

Sanity Claws

(22,077 posts)

2. Found a definition by google

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 06:33 PM

Jul 2021

rort. To scam, misuse, or to treat fraudulently. This significant Australian word derives from wrought, an archaic past participle of the verb to work.

I never heard it before.

hatrack

(61,398 posts)

3. Cool - thanks to you and hlth2b!q

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 06:40 PM

Jul 2021

Cheers!

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

4. It is usually used in relation to...

Reply to hatrack (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:25 PM

Jul 2021

Misuse of a position of public authority and public funds.

Matilda

(6,384 posts)

5. We currently have an Australian government made up of rorters.

Reply to uriel1972 (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 10:13 PM

Aug 2021

You'd be hard-pressed to find one amongst them who's an honest bloke.

And headed by rorter-in-chief Scott (Scumo) Morrison.

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