'Wrongful' definitions:
Definition of 'wrongful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne" [syn: unlawful, wrongful]
adjective
Unlawfully violating the rights of others; "wrongful death"; "a wrongful diversion of trust income"
adjective
Not just or fair; "a wrongful act"; "a wrongful charge"
Definition of 'Wrongful'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wrongful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- abominable,
- actionable,
- against the law,
- anarchic,
- anarchistic,
- anomic,
- atrocious,
- black-market,
- bootleg,
- chargeable,
- contraband,
- contrary to law,
- criminal,
- delinquent,
- deviant,
- disgraceful,
- evil,
- felonious,
- flawed,
- hardly the thing,
- ignominious,
- illegal,
- illegitimate,
- illicit,
- impermissible,
- improper,
- inappropriate,
- incorrect,
- indecorous,
- inequitable,
- infamous,
- iniquitous,
- irregular,
- justiciable,
- lawless,
- nonconstitutional,
- nonlegal,
- nonlicit,
- not done,
- not the thing,
- off-base,
- off-color,
- out-of-line,
- outlaw,
- outlawed,
- punishable,
- sacrilegious,
- scandalous,
- shameful,
- shameless,
- sinful,
- terrible,
- triable,
- unallowed,
- unauthorized,
- unbalanced,
- unconstitutional,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undeserved,
- undue,
- unequal,
- unequitable,
- uneven,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unjust,
- unlawful,
- unmeet,
- unmerited,
- unofficial,
- unrighteous,
- unrightful,
- unseemly,
- unstatutory,
- unsuitable,
- unwarrantable,
- unwarranted,
- wicked,
- wrong