lawfare

English

Etymology

Blend of law +‎ warfare

Noun

lawfare (uncountable)

  1. The use of the judicial system against one's opponents, often only to attack or condemn a rival.
    • 2014 July 17, Glenn Reynolds, quoting Kurt Schlichter, "Conservative Insurgency", Instapundit‎, retrieved 2014-08-02:
      We started calling it “conservative lawfare”, and it drove the progressives nuts.
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