Terminology

Categories: random

Date: 20 May 2009 08:07:47

I have recently learnt that when an elderly person bequeaths his or her house to his or her offspring less than seven years before being taken into care, to avoid his or her assets being plundered to pay for that care, it is termed "deliberate deprivation". Which has started me wondering if the council has a phrase for the actual plundering ...