(law) A statute that provides relief from the common law rule that the death of an individual cannot be the basis of a cause of action in a civil suit.

(US) A road concurrency in which at least two numbered highway routes are signed in opposite, conflicting directions on the same stretch of physical roadway.

Of a garment, etc, having its inner or hidden side on the outside and vice versa. / (figuratively) Reversed, changed diametrically, by analogy with a garment that is wrong side out.

(idiomatic) The part of town that is not inhabited by the wealthy. An area where the working class, poor or extremely poor live.

plural of wrong rook pawn

(chess) In the endgame, a rook pawn that is unable to promote under the protection of a bishop, because the promoting square is of the color the single friendly bishop cannot control.

(idiomatic) To become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.

(idiomatic, usually politics, derogatory) Having policies or practices that are perceived as not progressive or enlightened; behaving in a manner that reflects out-of-date or disapproved opinions.

(idiomatic) To fall into the wrong hands.

(transitive, set phrase) To misunderstand (something), especially in a case of mistakenly regarding someone's behavior or remarks as offensive or hostile.