tortious
C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
Law adjective
Constituting a civil wrong for which damages may be claimed.
The court found the conduct tortious and awarded damages.
Business adjective
Constituting or relating to a civil wrong for which damages may be claimed.
The directors risked personal exposure for tortious interference with the supply contract.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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