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    検挙

    検けん挙きょ

    arrest

    KMT6News #14+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab22 strokes

    けんきょ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    arrest, roundup

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    警けい察さつは犯はん人にんを検けん挙きょした。

    The police arrested the culprit.

    KMT5Politics & LawDaily Life
    飲いん酒しゅ運うん転てんによる検けん挙きょが増ぞう加か傾けい向こうにある。

    Arrests for drunk driving are on the rise.

    KMT6Politics & LawDaily Life
    違い法ほう薬やく物ぶつの密しば売いに関かん与よした複ふく数すうの人じん物ぶつが検けん挙きょされた。

    Several individuals involved in illegal drug trafficking were arrested.

    KMT7Politics & LawDaily Life
    警けい察さつは、市し民みんの安あん全ぜんを守まもるために、悪あく質しつな犯はん罪ざい者しゃの検けん挙きょに尽じん力りょくしている。

    The police are striving to arrest malicious criminals to protect the safety of citizens.

    KMT7Politics & LawDaily Life
    組そ織しき的てきな犯はん罪ざいに対たいしては、大だい規き模ぼな一いっ斉せい検けん挙きょが実じっ施しされることがある。

    For organized crime, large-scale simultaneous arrests may be carried out.

    KMT8Politics & LawBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    検
    しら.べる…(1)
    examination・investigate
    挙
    あ.げる・あ.がる・こぞ.る…(2)
    raise・plan・project・behavior・actions
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