CRIMINAL CONTEMPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does criminal contempt mean? 

• CRIMINAL CONTEMPT (noun)
  The noun CRIMINAL CONTEMPT has 1 sense:

1. an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice

  Familiarity information: CRIMINAL CONTEMPT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRIMINAL CONTEMPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("criminal contempt" is a kind of...):

contempt of court (disrespect for the rules of a court of law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)