false charge; false accusation; wrongful conviction
Refers to being charged with or convicted of a crime one did not commit. Often used in legal and news contexts.
彼は冤罪で10年も刑務所に入っていた。
He spent ten years in prison on a false charge.
The man was arrested on a false charge and later proven innocent.
冤罪を晴らすために弁護士が尽力した。
The lawyer worked hard to clear the false accusation.
It took him many years to clear himself of the false charge.
She was framed for murder.
New evidence revealed that it had been a wrongful conviction.
でっち上げ refers to a fabricated story or made-up accusation in general, whereas 冤罪 specifically denotes a false criminal charge or conviction.
無実 means the state of being innocent, while 冤罪 refers to the false charge or wrongful conviction itself, not the innocence.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
From 冤 (false, unjust) + 罪 (crime). The kanji 冤 is relatively rare and carries the meaning of a wrongful accusation or injustice.