I was interested to see your definition of barratry, which I had not encountered before. I had encountered the word, being in the shipping business, because every ocean bill of lading, which constitutes the contract of carriage, stipulates that the ship and/or its owners or operators shall not be liable for any loss arising from the barratry of the master or crew. In this sense, it means a fraudulent, neglectful or wrong action by the master or a crew member. On looking in a couple dictionaries, I found your definition, mine (noted as archaic by one dictionary, which it certainly is not, being in use daily in the ocean shipping business), and a third, which is the offense generally known as simony -- trafficking in church benefices or offices.