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''QUEEN'': Ay, that’s a [[confi]] indeed, for he doth nothing | ''QUEEN'': Ay, that’s a [[confi]] indeed, for he doth nothing <br> | ||
But talk along of his [[indemnities]]; <br> | |||
[[ | And he makes great [[appropriation]] to his own large part,<br> | ||
[[Injunction| | That he can [[Injunction|injunct]] himself. <br> | ||
''HERCULIO'': I am much afear’d, my lady, <br> | ''HERCULIO'': I am much afear’d, my lady, <br> | ||
His mother played false with a [[rentsmith]]. | His mother played false with a [[rentsmith]]. | ||
:— {{buchstein}}, {{dsh}}, I,ii}} | :— {{buchstein}}, {{dsh}}, I,ii}} | ||
{{d|Rentsmith|/rɛntsmɪθ/|n., derog|}} (also '''rentsmithing''', '''rentsmithery''') | {{d|Rentsmith|/rɛntsmɪθ/|n., derog|}} (also '''rentsmithing''', '''rentsmithery''') | ||
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QUEEN: Ay, that’s a confi indeed, for he doth nothing
But talk along of his indemnities;
And he makes great appropriation to his own large part,
That he can injunct himself.
HERCULIO: I am much afear’d, my lady,
His mother played false with a rentsmith.
- — Büchstein, Die Schweizer Heulsuse, I,ii
Rentsmith
/rɛntsmɪθ/ (n., derog.)
(also rentsmithing, rentsmithery)
1. A rent-seeking legal eagle. One who justifies one’s place in the room by wordsmithing things which are fine as they are, especially if doing do makes things worse than they were in the first place (hence, an “iatrogenicist”).
2. (v., derog.) To act as a rentsmith. To peddle celery.
3. Rentsmithee /rɛntsmɪθiː/ (n.): One obliged to render rent to a rentsmith. A client.