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    3. 盗掘

    盗掘

    盗とう掘くつ

    illegal digging

    KMT9News #28+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveHistoryKanji Vocab22 strokes

    とうくつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    illegal digging, illegal mining, grave robbing, tomb robbing

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    遺い跡せきの盗とう掘くつは犯はん罪ざいです。

    Grave robbing at ruins is a crime.

    KMT7HistoryPolitics & Law
    貴き重ちょうな文ぶん化か財ざいが盗とう掘くつの被ひ害がいに遭あうケースが後あとを絶たたない。

    Cases of valuable cultural properties falling victim to grave robbing are ceaseless.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law
    古こ代だいエジプトの王おう墓ぼは、過か去こに何なん度ども盗とう掘くつの標ひょう的てきとなってきた。

    Ancient Egyptian royal tombs have been targeted by grave robbers many times in the past.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    盗とう掘くつによって失うしなわれた歴れき史し的てき情じょう報ほうは、二に度どと取とり戻もどすことができない。

    Historical information lost due to grave robbing can never be recovered.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law
    専せん門もん家かは、盗とう掘くつされた遺い物ぶつが闇やみ市いち場ばで高たか値ねで取とり引ひきされていると指じ摘てきした。

    Experts pointed out that looted artifacts are being traded at high prices on the black market.

    KMT10HistoryBusiness & FinancePolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    盗
    ぬす.む・ぬす.み…(1)
    steal・rob・pilfer
    掘
    ほ.る…(2)
    dig・delve・excavate
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