: implying or involving tort
tortious acts
tortiously
adverb
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The court in March allowed Range’s unfair competition claim to proceed while dismissing its tortious interference claim, which accused CAA of undermining the firm’s potential recruitment of agency employees who wish to become managers by threatening to cancel the equity of defecting workers.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Part of that may be the agency sticking to its parallel track strategy of the arbitration appeal and the LASC suit for breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
But the jury found Greenpeace USA liable on all counts, including defamation, conspiracy, trespass, nuisance and tortious interference.
—CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
But the jury found Greenpeace USA liable on all counts, including defamation, conspiracy, trespass, nuisance and tortious interference.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Part of that may be the agency sticking to its parallel track strategy of the arbitration appeal and the LASC suit for breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
But the jury found Greenpeace USA liable on all counts, including defamation, conspiracy, trespass, nuisance and tortious interference.
—CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
But the jury found Greenpeace USA liable on all counts, including defamation, conspiracy, trespass, nuisance and tortious interference.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Tortious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tortious. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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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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