Meanings
plural obstructions of justice
- UScountableuncountablelawInterference with the administration of law and justice, as by ignorance of a justification, fraud of evidential validity, or not disclosing discovery of facts, or by doing damage to a witness, officer, juror.
Synonyms: perverting the course of justice, defeating the ends of justice
Synonyms & antonyms
nounInterference with the administration of law and justice, as by ignorance of a justification, fraud of evidential validity, or not disclosing discovery of facts, or by doing damage to a witness, officer, juror.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 妨害司法罪
- 妨害司法罪 (fánghài sīfǎ zuì)interference
Finnish oikeuden estäminen
- oikeuden estämineninterference
French obstruction à la justice, entrave à l’exercice de la justice
- obstruction à la justiceinterference
- entrave à l’exercice de la justiceinterference
German Strafvereitelung
- Strafvereitelunginterference
Swedish övergrepp i rättssak
- övergrepp i rättssakinterference
Cite this entry
obstruction of justice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstruction%20of%20justice
“obstruction of justice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstruction%20of%20justice. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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