miscarriage of justice

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.kæ.ɹɪd͡ʒ ɒv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stɪs/, /-əv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stəs/
- Audio (UK); /-əv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stəs/: (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.kæ.ɹɪd͡ʒ ɑv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stɪs/, /-əv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stəs/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.kɛ.ɹɪd͡ʒ-/
Hyphenation: mis‧car‧riage‧of‧ju‧stice

Noun

miscarriage of justice (plural miscarriages of justice)

(law) 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.
- 2024 May 4, John Reed, “How to interpret India?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:
  The Incarcerations is an unsettling indictment of Modi's India, and alleges grave miscarriages of justice, […] .

Translations

error which led to an unjust outcome

Arabic: إخْفَاق الْعَدَالَة m (ʔiḵfāq al-ʕadāla)
Belarusian: судо́вая памы́лка f (sudóvaja pamýlka)
Bulgarian: съде́бна гре́шка f (sǎdébna gréška)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冤獄 / 冤狱 (zh) (yuānyù), 冤罪 (zh) (yuānzuì), 誤判 / 误判 (zh) (wùpàn), 審判不公 / 审判不公 (shěnpàn bùgōng), 判決失當 / 判决失当 (pànjué shīdàng)
Czech: justiční omyl m
Danish: justitsmord n
Dutch: оustitiële dwaling f
Finnish: oikeusmurha (fi)
French: erreur judiciaire f
German: Justizirrtum (de) m, Fehlurteil (de) n
Greek: δικαστική πλάνη f (dikastikí pláni)
Hebrew: עיוות דין
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: errore giudiziario m
Japanese: 冤罪 (ja) (enzai), 誤判 (ja) (gohan), 誤審 (ja) (goshin)
Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ನ್ಯಾಯಘಾತ (kn) (nyāyaghāta), ^{(please verify)} ನ್ಯಾಯವಿಘಾತ (kn) (nyāyavighāta), ^{(please verify)} ನ್ಯಾಯ ವಿಫಲತೆ (kn) (nyāya viphalate)
Korean: 오심 (ko) (osim), 오판 (ko) (opan)
Macedonian: неуспех на правда m (neuspeh na pravda)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: justismord (no) n

Nynorsk: justismord n
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: niesprawiedliwy wyrok m
Portuguese: erro judiciário m, erro judicial m
Russian: суде́бная оши́бка (ru) f (sudébnaja ošíbka)
Slovak: justičný omyl m
Spanish: error judicial m
Swedish: justitiemord (sv) n
Ukrainian: судова́ поми́лка f (sudová pomýlka)
Welsh: camweinyddiad cyfiawnder m