to withhold evidence

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• withhold — with‧hold [wɪDˈhəʊld, wɪθ ǁ ˈhoʊld] withheld PTandPP [ ˈheld] verb [transitive] 1. to refuse to let someone have something: • I withheld payment until they had completed the work. • Part of your salary is withheld for income tax. 2 …   Financial and business terms

• evidence — n. 1) to furnish, give, introduce, produce, provide evidence 2) to dig up, find, turn up, unearth; gather evidence; to piece together evidence 3) to plant evidence (on smb.) 4) to suppress; withhold evidence 5) to turn King s (BE), Queen s (BE),… …   Combinatory dictionary

• withhold — verb past tense and past participle withheld, (T) 1 to refuse to let someone have something, especially until something else is done: I withheld payment until they had completed the work. 2 withhold facts/evidence/information to refuse to give… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• suppression of evidence — n. (1) A court’s refusal to admit evidence acquired by unlawful means. (2) A party’s refusal or failure to furnish opposing counsel with evidence that might prove unfavorable. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of… …   Law dictionary

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• unscrupulous — adj. 1) unscrupulous in (unscrupulous in his business dealings) 2) unscrupulous to + inf. (it was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence) * * * [ʌn skruːpjʊləs] unscrupulous to + inf. (it was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold… …   Combinatory dictionary

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