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Payback vs Mopery - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between payback and mopery

is that payback is (uncountable) an act of revenge while mopery is (legal|us) violation of an imaginary or trivial law.

payback

English

(wikipedia payback)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) An act of revenge.
    • They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback .
  • (countable) A form of recompense.
  • * '>citation

    • Synonyms

    * just deserts, poetic justice

    See also

    * have it coming * pay back

    Anagrams

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    mopery

    English

    (wikipedia mopery)

    Noun

  • (legal, US) violation of an imaginary or trivial law