: implying or involving tort
tortious acts
tortiously
adverb
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The government had sued over the Rams relocating back to Los Angeles, with claims of breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference and unjust enrichment.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Seth Kenney and his company, PDQ Arm & Prop, LLC, which supplies prop guns and blanks to film productions, filed a complaint on Oct. 22 in New Mexico for false light, conversion, unjust enrichment and tortious interference.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
The team's counterclaims include defamation, civil conspiracy, tortious interference and breach of contract.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Apparently, this is tortious behavior.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Seth Kenney and his company, PDQ Arm & Prop, LLC, which supplies prop guns and blanks to film productions, filed a complaint on Oct. 22 in New Mexico for false light, conversion, unjust enrichment and tortious interference.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
The team's counterclaims include defamation, civil conspiracy, tortious interference and breach of contract.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Apparently, this is tortious behavior.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Tortious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tortious. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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tortious
adjective
tor·tious
ˈtȯr-shəs 
: constituting a tort : recognized as a tort
a tortious act
tortious interference with contract
tortiously
adverb
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