The use of international law to attack or condemn a rival country.(noun)
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Use "lawfare" in a sentence
"Stated goal of lawfare is not justice, see Joe Kaufman case or the book case Muslim Mafia, but jihad."
"The really pernicious influence here is not the Islamists - who are waging 'lawfare' - but the disgusting and amoral law firms who obviously put money before any sort of public interest and a bench of High Court judges that reflects the full 1960s credo."
"Any observer of international law is keenly aware that international law can and has been used as a tool of "lawfare" -- less to promote human rights protections and peaceful coexistence than to subvert these goals."