Definition of "wrongful" []

• Wrong; unjust: wrongful criticism. (adjective)
• Unlawful: wrongful death. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "6. The term wrongful birth suggests that some people should never have been born."
• "Kebble said he now intended to issue claims against the various parties involved in what he called his wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution."
• "Screaming against what they call wrongful occupations when they are guilty of occupying Byzantine territory,"