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to intimidate a witness

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  • intimidate — transitive verb ( dated; dating) Etymology: Medieval Latin intimidatus, past participle of intimidare, from Latin in + timidus timid Date: 1646 to make timid or fearful ; frighten; especially to compel or deter by or as if by threats < tried to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Witness protection — is protection of a threatened witness, before, during and after a trial, usually by police. While a witness may only require protection until the conclusion of a trial, some witnesses are provided with new identity and may live out the rest of… …   Wikipedia

  • Witness intimidation — involves witnesses crucial to court proceedings being threatened in order to pressure or extort them not to testify. The refusal of key witnesses to testify commonly renders a case with inadequate physical evidence void in a court of law. This is …   Wikipedia

  • intimidate — in·tim·i·date /in ti mə ˌdāt/ vt dat·ed, dat·ing 1: to make timid or fearful; esp: to compel or deter by or as if by threats see also coercion 2: to engage in the crime of intimidating (as a witness, juror, public officer in the performance of… …   Law dictionary

  • intimidate — verb ADVERB ▪ physically, psychologically ▪ Dissidents were physically intimidated, threatened, and harshly interrogated. VERB + INTIMIDATE ▪ try to PREPOSITION …   Collocations dictionary

  • witness — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 person who sees sth ADJECTIVE ▪ crucial (esp. BrE), key, material, vital (esp. BrE) ▪ As the last person to see her alive, he was a material witness in the case. ▪ independent …   Collocations dictionary

  • United States Federal Witness Protection Program — The United States Federal Witness Protection Program is a witness protection program administered by the United States Department of Justice to protect threatened witnesses before, during, and after a trial. Witness protection is usually required …   Wikipedia

  • Dale Smith (The Bill) — Inspector Dale Smith The Bill character Alex Walkinshaw as Insp. Smith First appearance Taxed (20 July 1999) …   Wikipedia

  • Florence Mars — (January 1 1923 ndash;April 23 2006) was a civil rights activist and author best known for her book Witness in Philadelphia about the murder of three civil rights activists in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Civil rights activitiesMars was one of… …   Wikipedia

  • discourage — discourager, n. discourageable, adj. discouragingly, adv. /di skerr ij, skur /, v., discouraged, discouraging. v.t. 1. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit. 2. to dissuade (usually fol. by from) …   Universalium

  • interfere — verb 1》 (interfere with) prevent from continuing or being carried out properly.     ↘get in the way of.     ↘handle or adjust without permission.     ↘Law attempt to bribe or intimidate (a witness). 2》 intervene without invitation or necessity.… …   English new terms dictionary

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