noun · academic
tort
UK/tɔːt/US/tɔːrt/TORT
Band 7+task2speaking
a civil wrong (not a crime) for which the injured party may seek damages in court
Examples
“He brought a tort claim against the manufacturer for product defects.”
“Tort law covers negligence, nuisance and defamation.”
“The plaintiff alleged a tort and sought compensatory damages.”
Band 8 sentence
“Tort law allows individuals to seek damages when a party's negligence causes them harm.”
Collocations
- tort law
- tort claim
- civil tort
Word family
tortious adjectivetortfeasor noun (người gây tort)
Common mistakes
torture→tort
a tort case (without article)→a tort / a tort case
Say it for a higher band
5civil wrong→6civil claim→7+tort
Synonyms
civil wrong
Easily confused
torture
“She claimed she had been the victim of torture.”
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