A person who engages in barratry, which is the crime of stirring up quarrels or lawsuits to make money.
From Old French 'barater' meaning 'to cheat or deceive,' combined with the agent suffix '-or.' Barratry was a serious crime in medieval and early modern England.
In medieval times, barrators were so despised that if caught, they could literally have their ears cut off—it was considered one of the worst crimes because they undermined the justice system itself!
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