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wrongful

adjective as in evil, illegal

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An additional 27 lawsuits have been filed for wrongful discharge.

From Fortune

His department has racked up millions of dollars in legal claims and settlements stemming from wrongful death and medical negligence allegations, the Union-Tribune reported.

Gore’s department has racked up millions of dollars in legal claims and settlements stemming from wrongful death and medical negligence allegations.

Moore, who put her career on hold to help overturn Irons’s wrongful conviction, told Good Morning America that they had gotten married over the summer.

David Randolph Smith, a lawyer who represents Paulette Parr’s widower, acknowledged the FDA’s apparent recognition of Parr’s death and said he is “actively pursuing” Calvin Parr’s wrongful-death lawsuit against Allergan.

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By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.

Wright has filed a civil lawsuit alleging wrongful termination.

No doubt, there are wrongful convictions that result from misidentification and coerced confessions.

Nevertheless, the family of the little girl sued the company for wrongful death.

The specter of wrongful convictions haunts the public officials involved.

Sometimes the contract states what the offending or wrongful party must pay should he fail to execute it.

Of course, the wrongful facts or acts of the insured possess a varied character.

Nevertheless, if his cruelty bears no relation to her wrongful beginnings, she still has good ground for separation.

Ejectment is the action employed to eject or turn out a wrongful possessor and recover possession of land.

The term malice means something more than "the intentional doing of a wrongful act to the injury of another without legal excuse."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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