wrongful conviction

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• wrongful — wrong‧ful [ˈrɒŋfl ǁ ˈrɒːŋ ] adjective [only before a noun] HUMAN RESOURCES wrongful actions or activities are unfair or illegal: • He has filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful dismissal (= being dismissed unfairly from his job ) . wrongfully adverb …   Financial and business terms

• wrongful act — I noun breach, breach of legal duty, civil wrong, contravention, delinquency, dereliction, dereliction of duty, guilty act, illegality, impropriety, injustice, malefaction, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdoing, misfeasance,… …   Law dictionary

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• conviction — con‧vic‧tion [kənˈvɪkʆn] noun LAW 1. [countable] a decision in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime: • Smith, who had no previous motoring convictions, had been rushing home to see his family when he hit another car. conviction for • …   Financial and business terms

• conviction — noun 1 for a crime ADJECTIVE ▪ earlier, previous (esp. BrE), prior (AmE) ▪ spent (BrE) ▪ You are not obliged to acknowledge spent convictions. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• wrongful — [[t]rɒ̱ŋfʊl, AM rɔ͟ːŋ [/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A wrongful act is one that is illegal, immoral, or unjust. He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder... One of her employees sued her for wrongful… …   English dictionary

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• wrongful — wrong|ful [ˈrɔŋfəl US ˈro:ŋ ] adj wrongful arrest/conviction/imprisonment/dismissal etc a wrongful arrest etc is unfair or illegal because the person affected by it has done nothing wrong ▪ She s threatening to sue her employers for wrongful… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wrongful — adjective wrongful arrest/conviction/dismissal etc a wrongful arrest etc is unfair or illegal because you have done nothing wrong: She s threatening to sue her employers for wrongful dismissal. wrongfully adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• wrongful — adj. Wrongful is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑arrest, ↑conduct, ↑conviction, ↑death, ↑dismissal, ↑imprisonment, ↑termination …   Collocations dictionary

• Trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus — The trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus was the event that instigated the Dreyfus Affair, a political scandal which divided France during the 1890s and early 1900s. It involved the wrongful conviction of Dreyfus, a Jewish military officer, for …   Wikipedia