"hold in contempt" meaning in English

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      "form": "holds in contempt",
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    {
      "form": "holding in contempt",
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    {
      "form": "held in contempt",
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        "past"
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      "form": "held in contempt",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "orig": "en:Law",
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      "glosses": [
        "To judge someone to have been in contempt of court."
      ],
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        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "contempt of court",
          "contempt of court"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) To judge someone to have been in contempt of court."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "word": "hold in derision"
        }
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      "topics": [
        "law"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To consider someone unworthy of respect."
      ],
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          "unworthy",
          "unworthy"
        ],
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          "respect",
          "respect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To consider someone unworthy of respect."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold in contempt"
}

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "holding in contempt",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "held in contempt",
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        "(law) To judge someone to have been in contempt of court."
      ],
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        "law"
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        "To consider someone unworthy of respect."
      ],
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          "unworthy",
          "unworthy"
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        "(figurative) To consider someone unworthy of respect."
      ],
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  "word": "hold in contempt"
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