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Criminal Maintenance

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
maintenance
plural
Criminal Maintenances
possessive
Criminal Maintenance's
pluralpossessive
Criminal Maintenances'