The Meaning of tort

• (n.) Mischief; injury; calamity.
• (n.) Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury.
• (a.) Stretched tight; taut.

Synonyms

civil wrong

Homophones

torte

Rhymes

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