wrongful

adj.

1. Wrong; unjust: wrongful criticism.
2. Unlawful: wrongful death.

wrongfully wrong'ful·ly adv.
wrongfulness wrong'ful·ness n.

adjective

1. Prohibited by law: illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, outlawed, unlawful. See crimes, law.
2. Of, involving, or being a crime: criminal, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, unlawful. See crimes.

adj

Definition: evil, illegal
Antonyms: ethical, fair, good, just, legal, rightful

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: having no legally established claim
  Synonym: unlawful

Meaning #2: unlawfully violating the rights of others

Meaning #3: not just or fair

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - urigtig, uretfærdig, uretmæssig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onterecht, onbillijk, illegaal

Français (French)
adj. - injuste, (Jur) arbitraire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungerecht, rechtswidrig, unrechtmäßig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άδικος, παράνομος

Italiano (Italian)
ingiusto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - injusto, ilegal, ofensivo

Русский (Russian)
неправильный, несправедливый, обидный, незаконный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - injusto, improcedente, ilegal, malo, injurioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - orättvis, olaglig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不正当的, 不讲道理的, 不法的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不正當的, 不講道理的, 不法的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부정한, 불법의, 나쁜

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 悪い, 不法な, 不当な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ظالم, جائر, غير شرعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא צודק, לא הוגן, לא חוקי, מוטעה, לא ראוי למשרתו וכו'‬

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