| 单词 | contempt of congress |
| 释义 | contempt of Congressnouncontempt of a U.S. Congressional body, as of an investigating committee, shown by a witness summoned or appearing before it. Words nearby contempt of Congresscontemporaneous, contemporary, contemporize, contempt, contemptible, contempt of Congress, contempt of court, contemptuous, contend, contender, content Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for contempt of Congresscontempt of Congress The deliberate obstruction of the workings of the federal legislative branch. For example, a witness under subpoena who refuses to testify before Congress can be cited for contempt of Congress. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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