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obstruction of justice

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
ob-struc-tion of jus-tice
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Interference with the administration of law and justice, as by ignorance of a justification, fraud of evidential validity, or not disclosing discovery of facts, or by doing damage to a witness, officer, juror.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

obstructions of justice (plural)

Synonyms

perverting the course of justice defeating the ends of justice

Questions

What does obstruction of justice mean?
Interference with the administration of law and justice, as by ignorance of a justification, fraud of evidential validity, or not disclosing discovery of facts, or by doing damage to a witness, officer, juror.

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