Meaning & use
bailiwick
A person's particular area of skill, knowledge, interest, or authority.
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Fixing old engines is well outside my bailiwick, so I called a mechanic.
Contract law has always been her professional bailiwick.
A note on using this word
Bailiwick originally referred to the district under a bailiff's legal authority, a sense now largely replaced by its figurative use for expertise.
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