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tortiously adverb law specializeduk /ˈtɔː.ʃəs.li/ us /ˈtɔːr.ʃəs.li/ in a way that involves a tort(= an action that is wrong, but can be dealt with in a civil court rather than a criminal court): The money came into the possession of the defendant tortiously. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant had tortiously interfered with several of its business relationships. By paying the bribe, the company tortiously interfered with its competitor's contracts. The employer had acted tortiously by violating its employees' reasonable expectation of privacy. The court ruled that the injury had been inflicted tortiously. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Crime - general words accuse someone of a crime anti-crime anti-fraud anti-narcotics arrestable caper crookedness delinquency delinquently driving under the influence DUI illegality netherworld non-crime offence on all counts outrage white-collar crime wrongdoing zero tolerance
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