tortfeasor

 [tawrt-fee-zer, -zawr, -fee-]  

tort·fea·sor

   [tawrt-fee-zer, -zawr, -fee-]
noun Law.
a person who commits a tort.
Also, tort-fea·sor.

Origin:
1650–60; < Anglo-French tortfesor wrongdoer (French tortfaiseur). See tort, feasance, -or2
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tortfeasor

noun
a party who has committed a tort [syn: tort-feasor] 
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