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tortious interference

noun

C2CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Wrongful disruption of another party's contractual or business relationship, often invoked when a rival poaches key staff.

Luring away our entire sales team mid-contract looks like tortious interference, not fair competition.

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

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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