- fraud by a master or crew at the expense of the owners of the ship or its cargo.
- the offense of frequently exciting and stirring up lawsuits and quarrels.
- the purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferments or of offices of state.
- (formerly) the vexatious stirring up of quarrels or bringing of lawsuits
- a fraudulent practice committed by the master or crew of a ship to the prejudice of the owner or charterer
- the crime committed by a judge in accepting a bribe
- the purchase or sale of public or Church offices
