CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

contempt (a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body)

Domain category:

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

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