lawfare
English
Etymology
Blend of law + warfare
Noun
lawfare (uncountable)
- 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.
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