The employee claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a wrongful act; a wrongful charge. ,The court ruled it was a wrongful diversion of trust income. From Dictionary.com.
Oh no, the President said someone behaved stupidly in wrongfully arresting them based on race. From Wordnik.com. [First on the CNN Ticker: GOP questions Obama's police criticism] Reference
Whoso is slain wrongfully, We have given power unto his heir, but let him not commit excess in slaying. From Wordnik.com. [The Invasion | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
In Dakota County, about 115 will be forwarded, roughly 65 fewer than county officials had identified as wrongfully rejected. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
Metzner acknowledged that there were grounds for the charge of hacking, defined as wrongfully entering information into a computer system. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
SMAM slams C'Wealth Games organising committee for 'wrongfully' terminating contract. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
The "wrongfully" we put in quotes because 9 times out of 10 these reports tend to have some truth to them. From Wordnik.com. [Gambling911.com RSS News Feed] Reference
"So we have to be careful here if we dole out compensation here for unlawful, or so-called wrongfully imprisoned individuals. From Wordnik.com. [JournalStar.com - News Articles] Reference
Lucky Room by Chili Poker CEO Alexandre Dreyfus after they "wrongfully" reported that the Chili Poker site will be acquired by Titan Poker. From Wordnik.com. [Gambling911.com RSS News Feed] Reference
(and dispossesse such as wrongfully possessed it) by force. From Wordnik.com. [Leviathan] Reference
Convicts can't vote, and some of them were wrongfully convicted!. From Wordnik.com. [Why does Campus Progress want Justin Bieber fans to vote?] Reference
I will not volunteer as a soldier, because rightfully or wrongfully. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 29: Lamentations of Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
He said the information needed to be known, and was wrongfully withheld. From Wordnik.com. [Regina Weinreich: Daniel Ellsberg: "The Most Dangerous Man in America" to Visit the Hamptons] Reference
Dell's "fraudulent and improper accounting" wrongfully "made it appear that. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference
Thus he will be totally blinded by the gold he has wrongfully helped to keep. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly] Reference
But a good drug wrongfully convicted means the loss of benefits goes on forever. From Wordnik.com. [A Research Revolution] Reference
But surely, if they acted wrongfully, they have gotten their stories straight by now. From Wordnik.com. [The Blago Distraction] Reference
In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh's majesty. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
But my enemies live, and are stronger than I: and they that hate me wrongfully are ultiplied. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
But my enemies live, and are stronger than I: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
He contends that Wal-Mart has been wrongfully denied a charter and will find a way to get one. From Wordnik.com. [Wal-Mart Gives Banks A Run For Their Money] Reference
Exaggerate their follies as much as you please; but woe be to you, if you wrongfully accuse them!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Oprah Winfrey was sued last week -- this time by a woman who claimed she was wrongfully terminated. From Wordnik.com. [Oprah's Many Legal Battles (PHOTOS)] Reference
In other words, the company seems to be saying that nobody was wrongfully forced out of their home. From Wordnik.com. [Advocates Charge Foreclosure Process Is Still Broken] Reference
My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
(Indeed, in recent years 13 men who did time on Illinois's death row have turned out to be wrongfully convicted.). From Wordnik.com. [Pondering Death Row] Reference
Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
Part of police-department budgets could be redefined as bets that no one will be wrongfully prosecuted for a major crime. From Wordnik.com. [You Bet Your Life] Reference
He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous, and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted. From Wordnik.com. [Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies'] Reference
Thus EPUB files may contain formatting errors like verse lines run together or paragraphs wrongfully marked as headers etc. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenberg - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 45: 1 Machabees The Challoner Revision] Reference
Thus plucker files may contain formatting errors like verse lines run together or paragraphs wrongfully marked as headers etc. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenberg - Recent changes [en]] Reference
For a while, the lands that had been wrongfully occupied by the rich were taken by a commission and returned to the government. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
The substance of the Sicilian version is as follows: A hermit sees a man wrongfully accused of theft and shockingly maltreated. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
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