criminal maintenance

Noun

Meaning

the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

maintenance

Hypernyms

misconduct wrongdoing actus reus wrongful conduct

Examples

unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

criminal liability criminal lingo criminal litigation criminal matters criminal mind criminal misconduct