criminal maintenance
NOUN
20 LETTERS · STARTS WITH C
criminal maintenance is a valid 20-letter word worth 27 points in Scrabble and 36 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3R1I1M3I1N1A1L1M3A1I1N1T1E1N1A1N1C3E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =27 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 54TRIPLE WORD → 81
MEANING
What does criminal maintenance mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
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.
“unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit”
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