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Definition of tort noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tort

noun
 
/tɔːt/
 
/tɔːrt/
[countable, uncountable] (law)
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  1. something wrong that somebody does to somebody else that is not criminal, but that can lead to action in a civil court
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTort is used before these nouns:
    • action
    • lawyer
    • litigation
    • …
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    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’.
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