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(SLAPP)
Lawsuits that have no merit in themselves but are brought against private citizens who act in the public interest, usually by a large corporation of a wealthy individual, in order to intimidate them and silence them by burdening them with huge costs of legal defence.
From: strategic lawsuit against public participation in A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation »
Subjects: Environmental Science.
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