wrongful

wrongful
wrong·ful /'rȯŋ-fəl/ adj
1: constituting a wrong; esp: injurious to the rights of another
a wrongful act or omission
remained in wrongful occupation of the property
a wrongful occupant
wrong·ful·ly adv
wrong·ful·ness n

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

wrongful
I adjective against the law, bad, criminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, improper, incorrect, iniquitous, iniuriosus, iniustus, lawless, malicious, mischievous, unauthorized, undue, unfair, unjust, unlawful, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong associated concepts: wrongful act, wrongful conversion, wrongful death, wrongful detention, wrongful discharge, wrongful interference foreign phrases:
- Fictio legis inique operatur alieni damnum vel injuriam. — Fiction of law is wrongful if it works loss or harm to anyone
II index arrant (onerous), blameful, blameworthy, felonious, illegal, illegitimate (illegal), illicit, impermissible, improper, irregular (improper), lawless, outrageous, peccant (culpable), unauthorized, unjust, unlawful, unscrupulous, unwarranted

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


wrongful
adj.
Causing injury; infringing on someone’s rights; reckless; unfair.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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