連座

れんざ

Also written 連坐

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive implication (in a crime); involvement
2. sitting in a row (in the same seat)

Kanji

• 連 link. Read as レン.
• 座 seat. Read as ザ.

Words containing 連座

• 連座制 (れんざせい) system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)
• 拡大連座制 (かくだいれんざせい) expanded system of guilt by association in Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists