barrater

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bar·ra·tor

also bar·ra·ter (băr′ə-tər)

One who engages in barratry.

[Middle English baratour, from Old French barateour, swindler, from barater, to cheat, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prattāre, from Greek prāttein, to do.]

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barrater - someone guilty of barratry

barrator

offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law

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