Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The criminal offense of attempting to affect a jury's decision making through means other than evidence and argument in open court, as by instruction outside of the courtroom, threats, or bribery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, the offense of attempting to influence a jury or court by any means besides evidence or argument in open court, such as bribes, promises, threats, persuasions, entertainments, or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law An attempt to
bribe or illegallyinfluence ajury or member of a jury
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There is a statute and common law offense known as embracery, which is defined to consist "in such practices as lead to affect the administration of justice, _improperly working upon the minds of jurors_."
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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Bianca Maria had all her secrets with all her love in the first hour of their embracery.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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You have committed embracery, theft, arson, perjury, adultery, murder -- every crime in the calendar and every excess known to the sensual and depraved, including my learned friend, the District Attorney.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Ambrose Bierce 1878
pavonine commented on the word embracery
Law, offence of attempting to influence a jury or juror
December 17, 2007
akirk85 commented on the word embracery
Why does the word of the day email say it comes from the French for "to set on fire"?
August 9, 2021
bilby commented on the word embracery
Compare brazier.
August 9, 2021