Antonyms for criminal contemptcrim·inal con·tempt

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1. • Contempt Of Court
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Princeton's WordNet

1. criminal contemptnoun

   an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice

How to use criminal contempt in a sentence?

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   The full House will vote on a resolution of criminal contempt for Attorney General Barr and Secretary Ross so we can enforce our subpoenas and get the facts.

2. Hakeem Jeffries:

   We began to see yesterday, in the face of the possibility of either a criminal contempt citation or proceeding with inherent contempt that they began to see things differently all of a sudden.

3. Adam Schiff:

   I think we are completely of one mind that if people refuse to respond to questions, refuse to produce documents without justification, that we will hold them in criminal contempt and refer them to the Trump Justice Department, and unlike the last four years we expect Trump Justice Department to adhere to the principle that no one's above the law.

4. Chief Justice John Roberts:

   Anyone else interested in talking will be admonished that it's within the authority of this court to punish such disturbances by criminal contempt, should do it.

5. Jerry Nadler:

   I am pleased that we have reached an agreement to review at least some of the evidence underlying the Mueller report -- including interview notes, first-hand accounts of misconduct, and other critical evidence -- and that this material will be made available without delay to members on both sides of the aisle, as a result, I see no need to resort to the criminal contempt statute to enforce our April 19 subpoena, at least for now, so long as Justice Department upholds Justice Department end of the bargain.

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