breach of contract

idiom

: failure to do what a contract requires

They sued him for breach of contract.

Examples of breach of contract in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Morgans filed a complaint on Friday, Feb. 21, with the Guilford County Superior Court, alleging breach of contract, intentional destruction of property, trespassing, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. —Moná Thomas, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025

The hearing today before Chang was the first major courtroom face-off over the August 27 breach of contract suit filed by Crichton’s widow Sherri Crichton on behalf of John Michael Crichton Trust’s Roadrunner JMTC on claims that The Pitt is an unauthorized ER derivative. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025

Musk is suing OpenAI alleging breach of contract and attempting to thwart its transition to a for-profit structure. —Kate Rooney,ari Levy, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025

Baldoni, in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court on Thursday, alleges extortion, defamation and claims related to breach of contract, among several others. —Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for breach of contract

• overreact
• abstract
• attacked
• attract
• contact
• detract
• distract
• enact
• exact
• extract
• hijacked
• impact

Legal Definition

breach of contract

: breach sense 1b