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強盗幇助 (ごうとうほうじょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

強ごう盗とう幇ほう助じょ

Meanings

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noun

aiding and abetting a robbery

Legal term for assisting or facilitating a robbery, often used in criminal law contexts.

彼かれは強ごう盗とう幇ほう助じょの容よう疑ぎで逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting a robbery.
強ごう盗とうほう助じょ罪ざいで起き訴そされた。
He was indicted for the crime of aiding and abetting a robbery.

Written forms

強ごう盗とう幇ほう助じょ
Standard legal term using the kanji 幇助.
強ごう盗とうほう助じょ
Common variant with ほう in kana, often used when the kanji 幇 is not available or preferred.

Kanji

強strong
盗steal, rob, pilfer

幇help

助help, rescue, assist

Similar words

幇ほう助じょ
General term for aiding and abetting any crime, while 強盗幇助 specifically refers to robbery.
強ごう盗とう
Robbery itself; 強盗幇助 is the act of assisting in a robbery, not the robbery itself.

Etymology

Compound of 強盗 (robbery) and 幇助 (aiding and abetting). The term is a legal compound used in Japanese criminal law.