下げ獄ごく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being sent to prison; imprisonment

Formal or literary term for being imprisoned or sent to jail. Often used in historical or legal contexts.

• 彼かれは罪つみを犯おかして下げ獄ごくした。

  He committed a crime and was sent to prison.

• 下げ獄ごくの身みとなった元もと大だい臣じん。