Phrase guide

miscarriage of justice

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.kæ.ɹɪd͡ʒ ɒv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stɪs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-əv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stəs/
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  • General-American: /ˈmɪs.kæ.ɹɪd͡ʒ ɑv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stɪs/
  • General-American: /-əv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stəs/
  • /ˈmɪs.kɛ.ɹɪd͡ʒ-/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger

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noun

Meaning 1

An error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إخْفَاق الْعَدَالَة (ʔiḵfāq al-ʕadāla) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Belarusian: судо́вая памы́лка (sudóvaja pamýlka) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Bulgarian: съде́бна гре́шка (sǎdébna gréška) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冤獄 /冤狱 (yuānyù) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冤罪 (yuānzuì) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Chinese Mandarin: 誤判 /误判 (wùpàn) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Chinese Mandarin: 審判不公 /审判不公 (shěnpàn bùgōng) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Chinese Mandarin: 判決失當 /判决失当 (pànjué shīdàng) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Czech: justiční omyl — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Danish: justitsmord — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Dutch: оustitiële dwaling — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Finnish: oikeusmurha — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • French: erreur judiciaire — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • German: Justizirrtum — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • German: Fehlurteil — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Greek: δικαστική πλάνη (dikastikí pláni) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Hebrew: עיוות דין — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Italian: errore giudiziario — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Japanese: 冤罪 (enzai) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Japanese: 誤判 (gohan) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Japanese: 誤審 (goshin) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Korean: 오심 (osim) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Korean: 오판 (opan) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Macedonian: неуспех на правда (neuspeh na pravda) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Norwegian Bokmål: justismord — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: justismord — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Polish: niesprawiedliwy wyrok — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Portuguese: erro judiciário — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Portuguese: erro judicial — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Russian: суде́бная оши́бка (sudébnaja ošíbka) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Slovak: justičný omyl — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Spanish: error judicial — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Swedish: justitiemord — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Ukrainian: судова́ поми́лка (sudová pomýlka) — error which led to an unjust outcome
  • Welsh: camweinyddiad cyfiawnder — error which led to an unjust outcome