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–adjective

1.	unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.

2.	having no legal right; unlawful: The court ruled it was a wrongful diversion of trust income.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME; see wrong, -ful

]

—Related forms

wrong·ful·ly, adverb

wrong·ful·ness, noun

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wrong·ful Audio Help (rông'fəl, rŏng'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Wrong; unjust: wrongful criticism.
Unlawful: wrongful death.

wrong'ful·ly adv., wrong'ful·ness n.

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wrongful
adjective
1.	having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne" [syn: unlawful]
2.	unlawfully violating the rights of others; "wrongful death"; "a wrongful diversion of trust income"
3.	not just or fair; "a wrongful act"; "a wrongful charge"

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ˈwrongful adjective

not lawful or fair
Example: wrongful dismissal from a job

Arabic:	غَيْر قانوني، غَيْر جائِز، غَيْر عادِل
Chinese (Simplified):	非法的
Chinese (Traditional):	非法的
Czech:	nespravedlivý
Danish:	uretfærdig
Dutch:	onrechtmatig
Estonian:	ebaseaduslik
Finnish:	laiton
French:	injuste
German:	ungerecht
Greek:	παράνομος, άδικος
Hungarian:	jogtalan
Icelandic:	óréttmætur
Indonesian:	tidak adil
Italian:	ingiusto

Japanese:	不法な
Korean:	불법적인, 부당한
Latvian:	nelikumīgs; netaisns
Lithuanian:	neteisingas, neteisėtas
Norwegian:	urettmessig, feilaktig, urettferdig
Polish:	krzywdzący, bezprawny
Portuguese (Brazil):	ilegal, injusto
Portuguese (Portugal):	injusto
Romanian:	nedrept
Russian:	незаконный
Slovak:	nespravodlivý; nesprávny
Slovenian:	krivičen
Spanish:	injusto, ilegal
Swedish:	orättvis, orättfärdig
Turkish:	haksız, hatalı

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Wrongful

Wrong"ful\, a. Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n.

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