wrongly + past participle

In the English Vocabulary Profile at C1:

wrongly accused/convicted/imprisoned, etc.
accused or punished unfairly or illegally

For example:

My father’s currently being wrongly incarcerated for 12 years.

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A search in NOW corpus for:

wrongly _VVN

Wrongly + 

1 ACCUSED 3646
2 CONVICTED 2727

We‘re trying to help people who have been wrongly convicted.

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3 IDENTIFIED 744
4 CLAIMED 679
5 ASSUMED 592
6 DECIDED 563
7 ATTRIBUTED 520
8 INTERPRETED 514
9 CHARGED 458
10 IMPRISONED 453
11 BELIEVED 435
12 DENIED 423
13 ARRESTED 419
14 DIAGNOSED 383
15 REPORTED 345
16 USED 313
17 TOLD 309
18 BLAMED 303
19 CLASSIFIED 288
20 DETAINED 287
21 GIVEN 287
22 PLACED 283
23 TARGETED 252
24 STATED 250
25 PERCEIVED 247
26 PORTRAYED 247
27 LABELLED 235
28 DECLARED 227
29 THOUGHT 217
30 JAILED 216
31 ADVISED 214
32 CALLED 205
33 DISMISSED 195
34 APPLIED 194
35 SENT 194
36 NAMED 185
37 WRITTEN 184
38 TAKEN 183
39 ISSUED 180
40 PAID 175
41 HELD 171
42 RULED 167
43 IMPLICATED 164
44 LINKED 161
45 REMOVED 152
46 AWARDED 150
47 PARKED 146
48 TREATED 146
49 DISALLOWED 145
50 INCLUDED 140
51 DESCRIBED 134
52 CREDITED 131
53 SUSPECTED 131
54 EXCLUDED 126
55 SUGGESTED 123
56 FRAMED 122
57 RECORDED 122
58 TOTTED 121
59 CONCLUDED 120
60 PREDICTED 119
61 DEPORTED 118
62 MENTIONED 117
63 MADE 112
64 CONSIDERED 110
65 FIRED 107
66 REJECTED 101
67 PUT 100
68 SPELT 96
69 ASSOCIATED 95
70 PROSECUTED 95
71 REFERRED 93
72 ENTERED 91
73 INFORMED 91
74 REFUSED 91
75 ALLOWED 88
76 QUOTED 88
77 PROJECTED 85
78 CALCULATED 81
79 LISTED 81
80 DEMOTED 79
81 PRESENTED 77
82 ASSESSED 72
83 GRANTED 72
84 JUDGED 72
85 CONDEMNED 70
86 SEEN 70
87 BOOKED 68
88 EXECUTED 68
89 TERMINATED 68
90 FLAGGED 67
91 PUNISHED 66
92 ALLEGED 64
93 ADJUDGED 62
94 RECEIVED 61
95 SENTENCED 61
96 MARKED 60
97 SACKED 60
98 FOCUSED 58
99 FOUND 58
100 ADMITTED 57

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