Plural of wrong; unjust, unethical, or illegal acts or violations done to someone.
From Old English wrang, related to Old Norse rangr meaning 'crooked' or 'unjust.' The noun form developed from the adjective to describe specific instances of injustice or harm.
Medieval English had 'wrang' (crooked, twisted) which became 'wrong'—so linguistically, doing something unethical was described as doing something 'twisted,' connecting morality to straightness, an idea that appears in languages across the world.
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