contempt of court

English Thesaurus

1. disrespect for the rules of a court of law (noun.act)

hypernym	:	contempt,
definition	:	a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body (noun.act)

hyponym	:	civil contempt,
definition	:	a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else (noun.act)

hyponym	:	criminal contempt,
definition	:	an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)