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misˌcarriage of ˈjustice noun (plural miscarriages of justice) [countableC, uncountableU] SCLUNFAIRa situation in which someone is wrongly punished by a court of law for something they did not do 误判；审判不公 the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice 一起严重误判的受害者
miscarriage of justice• And people should not assume there had been a miscarriage of justice.• That is a miscarriage of justice.• The case is unusual because unlike other cases of miscarriage of justice connected with Northern Ireland the convicted men are Protestants.• The roots of miscarriage of justice are to be found in police investigations.
From Longman Business Dictionary
miscarriage of justicemisˌcarriage of ˈjustice noun (plural miscarriages of justice) [countableC] a situation in which someone is wrongly punished by a court of law for something they did not do