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
wrong , a.
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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Examples
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6. The term wrongful birth suggests that some people should never have been born.
Handle with Care JODI PICOULT 2009
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Kebble said he now intended to issue claims against the various parties involved in what he called his wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution.
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Screaming against what they call wrongful occupations when they are guilty of occupying Byzantine territory,
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Democratic U.S. S.n. Harry Reid of Nevada wanted Bodgen to return to right what he called a wrongful dismissal.
unknown title 2009
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Democratic U.S. S.n. Harry Reid of Nevada wanted Bodgen to return to right what he called a wrongful dismissal.
unknown title 2009
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Screaming against what they call wrongful occupations when they are guilty of occupying Byzantine territory,
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Screaming against what they call wrongful occupations when they are guilty of occupying Byzantine territory,
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Leaving the criminal law on one side, what is the difference between the liability under the mill acts or statutes authorizing a taking by eminent domain and the liability for what we call a wrongful conversion of property where restoration is out of the question.
Free New York Blog 2008
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Record fees in wrongful arrests of ‘terrorists’, ‘hurt feelings’ and assaulted protestors by the bucketful - the lawyers are moving in for the kill and well they might ask “What recession?”
London G20 Police outnumbered and attacked « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Such duty, however, is not absolute, and its breach is actionable only if it is wrongful, that is to say, without justification or excuse.
Law In The Health and Human Services Donald T. Dickson 1995
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