wrongful
unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
having no legal right; unlawful: The court ruled it was a wrongful diversion of trust income.
Origin of wrongful
1Other words from wrongful
- wrong·ful·ly, adverb
- wrong·ful·ness, noun
- un·wrong·ful, adjective
- un·wrong·ful·ly, adverb
- un·wrong·ful·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with wrongful
- wrong, wrongful
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How to use wrongful in a sentence
Rechnitz told The Post the state’s criticism in the case damaged his reputation and his business and emboldened lawyers to pursue negligence and wrongful death lawsuits.
Profit and pain: How California’s largest nursing home chain amassed millions as scrutiny mounted | Debbie Cenziper, Joel Jacobs, Alice Crites, Will Englund | December 31, 2020 | Washington PostAmerica’s first confirmed wrongful arrest by facial recognition technology happened in January 2020.
Why 2020 was a pivotal, contradictory year for facial recognition | Tate Ryan-Mosley | December 29, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewStebbins filed a wrongful termination suit against the CPUC this month.
She Noticed $200 Million Missing, Then She Was Fired | by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation | December 24, 2020 | ProPublicaIf the money in the offshore entities was going to good causes, the tax evasion might strike prosecutors and juries as less wrongful.
A dodgy deal helped make him a billionaire. It worked, until now. | Peter Whoriskey, Yeganeh Torbati, Keith L. Alexander | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostOn Tuesday, Catherine Sopp, 82, filed a federal civil rights, disability discrimination and wrongful death suit against Page and Baltimore County, on behalf of herself and Eric Sopp’s two teenage sons.
Mother of unarmed man killed by Baltimore County police officer files federal suit | Tom Jackman | October 29, 2020 | Washington Post
The CIA also determined that at least 26 of its detainees were wrongfully held.
The Most Gruesome Moments in the CIA ‘Torture Report’ | Shane Harris, Tim Mak | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, the pilot is actually a prolonged rant against the very behaviors that many people wrongfully assume the show celebrates.
‘Selfie’ Is Both a Brilliant and Terrible TV Show | Kevin Fallon | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter being asked a series of leading questions by the principal, Klara wrongfully accuses Lucas of exposing himself.
Denmark Has a Riveting New Drama Starring Mads Mikkelsen | Marlow Stern | July 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBy December all four individuals that had been wrongfully arrested were cleared of all charges.
‘I Will Commit a Massacre’ | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | February 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2003, the wrongfully convicted men sued the city of New York, but the case has yet to be settled.
Co-Director Ken Burns on the New ‘Central Park Five’ Documentary | Ken Burns | November 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA member who has been wrongfully expelled may be restored by a mandamus proceeding issued by a court.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesSaying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHere are no expressions of malice, no invocations even of God's retributive justice, not a complaint of suffering wrongfully!
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeAnd those things which were found on me I took lest any one should be blamed wrongfully.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldHe had made his boyish boast that he would defend only those who were wrongfully accused.
David Dunne | Belle Kanaris Maniates
British Dictionary definitions for wrongful
/ (ˈrɒŋfʊl) /
immoral, unjust, or illegal
Derived forms of wrongful
- wrongfully, adverb
- wrongfulness, noun
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