Definition of "rort" [rort]

• A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public money or resources. (noun)
• To cheat or defraud. (verb)

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• "The other one I think is a rort is the $6.60 ringtones they advertise on Video Hits."
• "Are you suggesting that HC used public funds to buy these houses - ie some kind of rort?"
• "I never heard "rort" til I went to live in Sydney for a couple of years."