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Barratry 1. In maritime commerce, an illegal act in which the captain or crew of a ship damages the transaction. Examples include stealing cargo or throwing it overboard. Barratry is a risk associated with the transaction; responsibility for the risk may rest with the buyer or the seller, depending on the terms of the shipping agreement. See also: Incoterm. 2. The act or practice of filing repeated, usually frivolous lawsuits. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| When Virgil carries Dante, holding him to his breast like a son, and they slide down the embankment between the bolgias of the barrators and the hypocrites, Virgil's physical ability to embrace Dante is notably different here when compared to Casella's failed embrace of Dante in Purg. The opening of Inferno 21, in which Dante compares the barrators boiling in tar to the hubbub of the |
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