noun

Fraud or gross negligence of a ship’s master or crew at the expense of its owners or users.

Thereafter, owners changed their case to assert, and assert only, that Komiseris had sunk the vessel deliberately without their privity and that the loss had thus occurred by barratry.

carelessness,lack of care,lack of proper care and attention,dereliction of duty,non-performance of duty,non-fulfilment of duty,remissness,neglectfulness,neglect,laxity,laxness,irresponsibility,inattention,inattentiveness,heedlessness,thoughtlessness,unmindfulness,forgetfulness