miscarriage of justice
noun [C] (plural miscarriages of justice) LAWDefinition
› a situation in which someone is punished by a court of law for a crime that they have not committed: a grave/gross/serious miscarriage of justice The fact that Mr. Barron will spend eight more years in prison is a grave miscarriage of justice. The family has suffered a miscarriage of justice.
(Definition of miscarriage of justice noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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