That's not in my bailiwick.
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Bailiwick
//ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk//
Synonyms for "bailiwick" (114 found)
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24 translations across 11 languages.
Dutch
4 entries- baljuwschap noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
- competentie noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
- domein noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
- gezag noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
French
4 entries- autorité noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
- bailliage noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
- bailliage noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
- compétence noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
German
1 entries- Vogtei noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
Icelandic
4 entries- fógetaumdæmi noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
- starfssvið noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
- valdsvið noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
- áhugasvið noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
Italian
1 entries- bailiato noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
Manx
2 entries- bayleeaght noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
- bayleeys noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
Polish
1 entries- baliwat noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
Russian
1 entries- бейливик noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- nadležnost noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
Spanish
2 entries- bailía noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
- bailía noun (area or subject of authority or involvement)
Swedish
1 entries- verksamhetsområde noun (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
Sample sentences
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Sark is part of the English Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and has its own set of laws based on Norman law, its own parliament, and exchequer.
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The Bailiwick of Jersey.
Source: wiktionary
I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick.
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