noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
pleading guilty; submitting to a sentence; penal servitude
Legal term for admitting guilt and accepting punishment; can refer to the act of pleading guilty or the resulting penal servitude.
被告は法廷で服罪した。
The defendant pleaded guilty in court.
彼は服罪の意思を示
He indicated his intention to submit to the sentence.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
undetected crime
Only when written 伏罪
Rare term for a crime that goes unnoticed or unpunished; used only with the kanji 伏罪.
「伏罪」は、発覚しない罪を指す古い言葉だ。
伏罪 is an old word for a crime that goes undetected.