rort
verb/rɔːt/
/rɔːrt/
[transitive, intransitive] (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rort | /rɔːt/ /rɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it rorts | /rɔːts/ /rɔːrts/ |
| past simple rorted | /ˈrɔːtɪd/ /ˈrɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle rorted | /ˈrɔːtɪd/ /ˈrɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form rorting | /ˈrɔːtɪŋ/ /ˈrɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- rort (something) to do something dishonest
- He was an expert at rorting the system (= getting the best out of it for himself without actually doing anything illegal).
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