Wrongful synonyms

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illegal
(Of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
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criminal
The definition of criminal is someone or something related to the commission of a crime.
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dishonest
The definition of dishonest is a person who cheats or lies.
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illegitimate
(--- Biology) Unacceptable as a scientific name because of not conforming to the international rules of nomenclature.
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illicit
Unlawful.
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improper
Not consistent with established truth, fact, or rule; incorrect:
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unethical
Not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.
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wicked
Evil or immoral:
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ethical (antonym)
(Not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.
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fair (antonym)
Promising; likely:
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good (antonym)
Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
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just (antonym)
Suitable or proper in nature; fitting:
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legal (antonym)
Acceptable or allowable under official rules:
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rightful (antonym)
Held or owned by just or proper claim:
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lawless
Without law; not regulated by the authority of law
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outlawed
(Of a person) put beyond the limits of the law, declared an outlaw or declared a criminal.
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unlawful
Not lawful; illegal.
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crimes (related)
Prohibited by law
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law (related)
A statement that describes invariable relationships among phenomena under a specified set of conditions. Boyle's law, for instance, describes what will happen to the volume of an ideal gas if its pressure changes and its temperature remains the same. The conditions under which some physical laws hold are idealized (for example, there are no ideal gases in the real world), thus some physical laws apply universally but only approximately.
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fraudulent (related)
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breach of contract (related)
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forfeiture (related)
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negligent (related)
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  • No man was entitled to seize unless he owned, or had a surety who owned, sufficient property for indemnity or adjustment in case the seizure should be found to have been wrongful.

  • An innocent person should be protected from wrongful accusation.

  • In regard to the claim for wrongful arrest, the trial judge held that the appellant's arrest had been lawful.

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