tort
noun/tɔːt/
/tɔːrt/
[countable, uncountable] (law)- something wrong that somebody does to somebody else that is not criminal, but that can lead to action in a civil courtOxford Collocations DictionaryTort is used before these nouns:
- action
- lawyer
- litigation
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the general sense ‘wrong, injury’): from Old French, from medieval Latin tortum ‘wrong, injustice’, neuter past participle of Latin torquere ‘to twist’.Definitions on the go
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