(communism) A standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states.

(law, derogatory) A form of forum shopping in which plaintiffs choose to file libel suits in jurisdictions thought more likely to give a favourable result.

A room in a police station where officers congregate

(transitive, intransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl. / (intransitive) To fish from a slow-moving boat.