Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Wrong or unjust.
- adjective Unlawful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of or characterized by wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair: as, a wrongful taking of property.
- Synonyms See
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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
wrong orunjust - adjective
unlawful orillegal
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having no legally established claim
- adjective unlawfully violating the rights of others
- adjective not just or fair
Etymologies
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wrong + -ful
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