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contumacy

🇬🇧 UK/'kɒntjumәsi/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

Stubborn refusal to obey authority or comply with a court order.

顽固不服从,藐视法庭

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
contogether, with
+
tumswell, be swollen, be proud
+
acsuffix
+
ycharacterized by
=contumacy

Common Collocations

  • 1.find guilty of contumacy判违抗法庭罪成立

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The judge found the defendant guilty of contumacy for repeatedly ignoring court orders.

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