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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.
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