See Also: wrongful(dictionary)
wrongful(dictionary)
Wrongful trading(finance)
WRONGFUL DISCHARGE(law)
wrongful life(medicine)
Black Flagged (Black Flag) - Motor Sports(gambling)
Black Action or Black Play - Blackjack(gambling)
Black(medicine)
black gum(encyclopedia)
Black and Tan(encyclopedia)

black 2, noun (oh) and wrongful (oh)


black 2, noun (oh)



2 n
[U and C] the dark colour of coal or night
::You look good wearing black.
::thick fur patterned in blacks and browns
-see also coal-black
[C] also Black
someone who belongs to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin
-see also white white
::laws that discriminated against blacks
be in the black
to have money in your bank account
-opposite be in the red be in the red

wrongful (oh)



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 dismissal.
-- wrongfully adv