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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "侵權行為"
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"roman": "qīnquán xíngwéi",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
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"word": "onrechtmatige daad"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "delikti"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "vahingoittaminen"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "vahingonteko"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "délit civil"
},
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"roman": "delikṭi",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "დელიქტი"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "unerlaubte Handlung"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "adikopraxía",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αδικοπραξία"
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{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "דיני נזיקין"
},
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "apkŕtya",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "अपकृत्य"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "vétség"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "károkozás"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "sérelem"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "magánjogi vétkes cselekmény"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "pelanggaran"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "illecito civile"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"alt": "ふほうこうい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fuhō kōi",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "不法行為"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "apakṛtya",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "ಅಪಕೃತ್ಯ"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bulbeophaeng'wi",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "불법행위"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "deliktų teisė"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"roman": "prékršok",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "пре́кршок"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"roman": "právo na obesštetúvanje",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
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"word": "пра́во на обесштету́вање"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "tort"
},
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "apakr̥tya",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "अपकृत्य"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "erstatningsrett"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "شبهجرم"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "delikt cywilny"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ato ilícito"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ṭoraṭ",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "ਟੋਰਟ"
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
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"masculine"
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"word": "act nunlubì"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "tōrata",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "තෝරත"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delito civil"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "ersättningsrätt"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "pamiminsalang sinadya"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šabehi jurm",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "шабеҳи ҷурм"
},
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ta",
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"roman": "pollākku",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "பொல்லாக்கு"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lá-mə̂ət",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "ละเมิด"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "haksız fiil"
},
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"(obsolete) An injury or wrong."
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"word": "onrechtmatige daad"
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "delikti"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "vahingoittaminen"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury",
"word": "დელიქტი"
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"word": "vétség"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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