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Lawfare (n.) is using lawsuits, prosecutions, or legal procedure as a weapon to wear down an opponent rather than settle a dispute.
In 2017 Trump tweeted "LAWFARE" while quoting the Lawfare blog, whose co-founder Benjamin Wittes said Trump distorted the article's argument.
Lawfare (n.) is winning on the calendar instead of in the courtroom.
Merriam-Webster dates the word's first known use to 1835.
Lawfare (n.) is justice, as described by the defendant.
Lawfare (n.) is the rule of law with brass knuckles tucked in its briefcase.
Lawfare (n.) is a grand jury used as a press release.
Lawfare (n.) is suing not to win, but to make your enemy spend a decade answering mail.
Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap Jr. popularized it in 2001, defining lawfare as "the use of law as a weapon of war."
China's People's Liberation Army formally counts legal warfare (falu zhan) as one of its "three warfares."
Lawfare (n.) is war by other means, and the other means come with a filing fee.