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barrator

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bar·ra·tor also bar·ra·ter  (br-tr)
n.
One who engages in barratry.

[Middle English baratour, from Old French barateour, swindler, from barater, to cheat, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prattre, from Greek prttein, to do.]

barrator [ˈbærətə]
n
(Law) a person guilty of barratry
[from Old French barateor, from barater to barter]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.barrator - someone guilty of barratry
offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law


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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.
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