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    3. 人質司法

    人質司法

    人ひと質じち司し法ほう

    hostage justice

    NTNounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab30 strokes

    ひとじちしほう

    Noun

    1.
    hostage justice, practice of keeping a suspect in police custody in an attempt to force a confession

    Stroke 0 / 30

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    質
    たち・ただ.す・もと・わりふ…(3)
    substance・quality・matter・temperament
    司
    つかさど.る…(4)
    director・official・govt office・rule・administer
    法
    のり…(5)
    method・law・rule・principle・model…(1)
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