Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun champerty

1 sense of champerty

Sense 1
champerty -- (an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded; "soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty")
       => wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus -- (activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing")