criminal contempt

1. 1.

   an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice

   Broadercontempt of court

   law

Questions about criminal contempt

What does criminal contempt mean?

criminal contempt means "an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice".

Is criminal contempt a common word?

criminal contempt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.