noun
- a person’s area of skill, knowledge, authority, or responsibility
- the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff
Usage: historical; legal
Examples
- Computer programming is definitely his bailiwick.
- Don’t ask me about taxes—that’s not my bailiwick.
- Foreign policy falls within the Secretary of State’s bailiwick.
- She stepped outside her bailiwick when she tried to give medical advice.
- The marketing department’s bailiwick includes social media campaigns.
- Historical research is her particular bailiwick at the university.
- The sheriff’s bailiwick extended throughout the county.