wrongful
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈrɔŋfəl/
- Specialized
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ilícito
- Take comfort in the fact that 70 to 80% of wrongful convictions are the direct result of eyewitness testimony.
- a wrongful act
- wrongful death
- wrongful dismissal
Another one is called the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act.
- Another one is called the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act.
- They went and got a lawyer and are suing me for wrongful termination.
- It's like a night out and that is it and hopefully brings awareness to my wrongful conviction at the same time.
- Make no mistake, if you do terminate them, the odds are high that they will pursue some sort of wrongful termination lawsuit.
- But you know, that officer end up getting sued by the parents for wrongful death.
- And that was based upon a jurors mistaken but wrongful response, you know, to a question.
- And I just find the way to be better than the accusation, the experience, the wrongful conviction.
- Do you find that that's transferable to people experiencing tragedies that have nothing to do with wrongful convictions and being stuck in a, you know, concrete box?
- In custody cases and in one wrongful death case, the Coughlin case, which we talked about on the way over.
Examples
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Fred Temple's family sued the city of Detroit for wrongful death.
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I want to report a wrongful arrest.
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Is this about your wrongful termination case?
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I'll sue your ass for wrongful prosecution.
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The next question authorities are asking is, "How did this happen, and how much will Davis settle with the state for the wrongful conviction?"
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And I just find the way to be better than the accusation, the experience, the wrongful conviction.
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Mostly tenants' rights stuff, wrongful evictions.
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I plan to bring a wrongful termination suit against Charles Wheeler and his partners.
Fiction book (1993) -
Racial segregation was not merely wrongful in the abstract; it was a wrong inflicted upon African Americans.
Academic text (2017) -
I want to report a wrongful arrest.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not treating people the same or following the rules
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4.0
Not allowed by law
70
4.0
Not fair and not right
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6.1
Not allowed by law
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7.0
Not having a good reason or official permission
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4.8
Not having a good reason for something
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6.8
You cannot show it is right or acceptable
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8.0
Not fair when people or groups do not get the same treatment
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7.6
Not deserved because there is no good reason
Mean and unfair in a way that hurts others
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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7.2
A death caused by another person's illegal or careless action that allows the family to sue
How Wrongful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wrongful is built from wrong and -ful. wrong once meant 'not right', and -ful means 'full of', so wrongful literally means 'full of wrong', which is why it describes something unfair, morally wrong, or not allowed by law.