Wort vs Rort - What's the difference?
wort | rort |
A plant; herb; vegetable.
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* 1845 , Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Works :
Any of various plants or herbs.
Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer
(Australia, New Zealand) A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public money or resources.
* 2008 , Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) ,
* 2009 , Justine Vaisutis, Australia , Lonely Planet,
* 2011 , Malcolm Knox, , Fierce Focus ,
(Australia, New Zealand, transitive) To cheat or defraud.
* 1992 , Victorian Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) ,
* {{quote-news
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* 2011 , James Morton, Susanna Lobez, Kings of Stings: The Greatest Swindles From Down Under ,
As a noun wort
is word as an isolated unit.As an adjective rort is
.As a verb rort is
.wort
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- he drinks water, and lives on wort leaves, pulse, like a hogg, or scraps like a dog […].
- It is an excellent pleasure to be able to take pleasure in worts and water, in bread and onions, for then a man can never want pleasure when it is so ready for him, that nature hath spread it over all its provisions.
Derived terms
* (vern, adder's wort) * adderwort * (American lungwort) * (asterwort) * awlwort * banewort * barrenwort * (bearwort) * bellwort * birthwort * bishop's wort * bitterwort * bladderwort * blawort * bloodwort * blue navelwort * blue throatwort * blushwort * bogwort * boragewort * bridewort * brimstonewort * brotherwort * brownwort * bruisewort * bugwort * bullock's lungwort * bullwort * burstwort * butterwort * cancerwort * catwort * clown's ringwort * colewort * common ragwort * coralwort * cow's lungwort * crosswort * damewort * danewort * dragonwort * dropwort * (dungwort) * ebony spleenwort * elderwort * (European pillwort) * (fanwort) * felonwort * (feltwort) * felwort * feverwort * figwort * fleawort * (flukewort) * (French lungwort) * frostwort * fumewort * (galewort) * (garlicwort) * (gentianwort) * (German madwort) * (gipsywort) * glasswort * (golden lungwort) * (golden ragwort) * goutwort * (greater spearwort) * gutwort * gypsywort * hammerwort * hartwort * heathwort * hemlock dropwort * hillwort * hogwort * holewort * honewort * honeywort * hoodwort * hornwort * ironwort * kelpwort * kidneywort * knotwort * laserwort * lazarwort * leadwort * lesser spearwort * lichwort * lilywort * liverwort * lousewort * lungwort * lustwort * madderwort * madwort * maidenhair spleenwort * mallowwort * marsh pennywort * marshwort * masterwort * maudlinwort * maywort * meadowwort * milkwort * miterwort * mitrewort * modiwort * moneywort * moonwort * moorwort * motherwort * moudiewort * moudiwort * mountain spiderwort * (mowdiewort) * mudwort * mugwort * (mulewort) * (nailwort) * navelwort * (nettlewort) * nipplewort * (peachwort) * pearlwort * pennywort * pepperwort * (peterwort) * pilewort * pillwort * pipewort * quillwort * quinsywort * rattlewort * ribwort * rosewort * rupturewort * saltwort * sandwort * sawwort * scorpionwort * scurvywort * sea lungwort * sea milkwort * sea ragwort * sea sandwort * sea starwort * setterwort * sicklewort * sleepwort * slipperwort * sneezewort * soapwort * sparrowwort * spearwort * spiderwort * spleenwort * spoonwort * springwort * spurwort * * * * * stabwort * staggerwort * staithwort * standerwort * starwort * staverwort * stinkwort * stitchwort * stonewort * strapwort * sulphurwort * swallowwort * sweetwort * talewort * tetterwort * thoroughwort * throatwort * thrumwort * toothwort * (towerwort) * (tree lungwort) * (trophywort) * (wall pennywort) * wallwort * wartwort * water dropwort * water figwort * water pennywort * (water starwort) * waterwort * (white navelwort) * (white swallowwort) * (willowwort) * woundwort * (yellow starwort) * yellowwortSee also
* (projectlink)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), .Noun
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* (wikipedia)Anagrams
* ----rort
English
Noun
(en noun)page 4067,
- Not all of the projects were bad or rorts ; the majority were no doubt valuable to their communities.
page 81,
- It?s one of the great rorts in Australia that for overstaying your welcome (even by five minutes) in a space that may cost only a few dollars to park in, local councils are prepared to fine you anywhere from $50 to $120.
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- The rort was that South Australia and Western Australia, who controlled their grounds, were allowed to double-dip. In Perth, for instance, the WACA sold season tickets, which they marketed in the form of memberships, to everything at the ground, including football. They had a huge membership and were rolling in money, but because they?d sold their tickets in memberships, they declared a loss on the cricket Test match. At the end of the season, though, they?d get the same twofourteenths(sic) of Pool Two as Queensland.
Verb
(en verb)page 496,
- He wants to change the system for the benefit of all and wants to stop the incredible rorting that has occurred within the prisons system.
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page 118,
- York is then alleged to have rorted the doctor out of his share.