wrongfully

Adverb

1. In a wrongful manner; unjustly.
   • If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…] - 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of...
   • There is a clear line of distinction in this matter. An equity judge could not unhang a man who had been wrongfully hanged; but he could set aside a precedent which was manifestly contrary to law and justice. - 1839,...
   • Wrongfully imprisoned action heroes rarely have the time to wait for an appeal. - 2002, Joe Borgenicht, The Action Hero's Handbook, Quirk Books, page 36:

   Synonyms: badly improperly wrongly illicitly immodestly immorally incontinently indecently reprehensibly unchastely unseemly unvirtuously wickedly wrongfully