スラップ

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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strategic lawsuit against public participation; SLAPP

Legal term for a lawsuit intended to silence critics by burdening them with legal costs. Used in Japanese legal and activist contexts.

環かん境きょう活かつ動どう家かが企き業ぎょうからスラップ訴そ訟しょうを起おこされた。
The environmental activist was hit with a SLAPP suit by the corporation.
スラップは表ひょう現げんの自じ由ゆうに対たいする脅きょう威いと見みなされている。
SLAPPs are seen as a threat to freedom of expression.