lawfare
n.— «The Pentagon didn’t quite call it “lawfare,” but there it was, amid the bureaucratese of this year’s National Defense Strategy, a candid reference to the ill-intentioned use of international law and the courts to harm American interests.» —“The Pentagon and ‘lawfare’” Washington Times (D.C.) Mar. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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