tam

[ tam ]

noun

1. tam-o'-shanter.

tam

/ tæm /

noun

1. short for tam-o'-shanter

Word History and Origins

Origin of tam¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

Without the qui tam, the federal government often would never find out about the fraud at all.

From Los Angeles Times

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

The current qui tam case, in which physician Clarissa Zafirov accused her employers and related companies of faking and inflating diagnostic codes to increase their Medicare reimbursements, isn’t Mizelle’s first rodeo in the game of overturning government rules and regulations.

From Los Angeles Times

The qui tam rules are part of the False Claims Act, a Civil War-era law that was enacted in response to reports of wholesale plundering by suppliers of military goods and ammo to the War Department.

From Los Angeles Times

The qui tam concept is older than that, however.

From Los Angeles Times

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