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Answer for the clue "Illegal deal makes revolutionary type march ", 9 letters:
champerty

Word definitions for champerty in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Champerty \Cham"per*ty\, n. [F. champart field rent, L. campipars; champ (L. campus) field + part (L. pars) share.] Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.] Beaut['e] ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness, Ne may with Venus holde champartye. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) investing money into an individual’s law suit.

Usage examples of champerty.

Then he leaned back in his antique swivel chair, locked his hands behind his head, elevated his long legs luxuriously, and crossed his feet upon the fourth volume of the American and English Encyclopedia of Law, which lay open upon the desk at Champerty and Maintenance.