Sentences with contempt
con·tempt
C c - He has contempt for those beyond his immediate family circle. [+ for]
- Mr. Kelly was sentenced to six months in prison for contempt.
- The pair are expected to be formally charged with contempt of court this.
- George Varnavides, 68, was jailed for 12 months after he was found to be in contempt of the tribunal by refusing to stop practising.
- contempt of court
- And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
- Seditious intention means an intention to bring the sovereign into hatred or contempt; or to urge disaffection against the constitution.