adjective
- not morally right or fair; unjust
- not legally valid or authorized; illegal
Usage: legal
Examples
- The employee filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination.
- She believed her arrest was wrongful and without cause.
- The court ruled that the seizure of property was wrongful.
- He was awarded damages for wrongful imprisonment.
- The company faced charges for wrongful business practices.
- They protested against the wrongful conviction of an innocent man.