collateral
noun
property or other assets pledged by a borrower as security for the repayment of a loan.
collaterally
-
a word derived from
collateral.
Example Sentences
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But his claim was rejected by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals under a 1994 precedent that disallows using such lawsuits to collaterally attack criminal convictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
But 9/11, the 2001 terrorist attack by Islamist extremists, collaterally and paradoxically grounded Rushdie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
I didn’t want to collaterally damage the reputation of the literacy foundation, which does wonderful work.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2017
Their challenge, English argues, was how to “convict Bulger without collaterally tarnishing the reputation of the system they represented.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2015
Michael decided that as he must not tell Chator, Martindale and Rigg the truth, he would, at any rate, join himself on to the House of Saxby collaterally.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie
