Anagrams of: COUNTERSTEPPED

• lacking protection or defense

• (of a container) having the stopper removed

• drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard

• wait in hiding to attack

• put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

• not used for growing crops

• cause to suffer

• conduct a prosecution in a court of law

• bring a criminal action against (in a trial)

• carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

• an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

• (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

• a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws

• a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

• preceding in time, order, or significance

• To sheathe or coat with copper.

• (of the hull of a wooden ship) sheathed below the waterline with thin sheets of copper to prevent the attack of teredo shipworms and limit the buildup of weed