RES REPETUNDAE
res repetundae (rays rep-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>n-dee). [Latin “things due to be repaid”]
Roman law. 1. Money or things that can be reclaimed by a person who was forced to give them to
a public official. 2. The illegal act of forcing someone to give money or things; extortion. —
Sometimes (erroneously) shortened to repetundae. See crimen repetundarum under CRIMEN. [Blacks Law 8th]