false charge; false accusation
Formal legal term for being falsely accused of a crime. Often used in contexts of wrongful conviction or unjust prosecution.
He claims he was arrested on a false charge.
A retrial was granted for the false accusation case.
Sino-Japanese compound from 冤 (false accusation) and 枉 (bend, distort). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of false charge.