tam
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tam
By shortening
Example Sentences
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The provision concerns so-called qui tam actions, in which private litigants bring lawsuits on behalf of the government as well as themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
“It is possible if not likely that the constitutionality of the FCA’s qui tam provisions is going to be before the Supreme Court before long,” they wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
As Siri Nelson, executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center, argues, qui tam third-party lawsuits like the False Claims Act have a tradition of strong government oversight to avoid any hint of vigilantism.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2022
In this generally sporting tam toss of a memoir, such an assertion lands with the soft plunk of sanctimony.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021
She was wearing a navy-blue reefer and a tam that was very nearly the same shade of red as the blanket on the bed in van Gogh’s room at Arles.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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