noun
abandonment of a corpse; concealment of a dead body
A legal term for the crime of improperly disposing of or hiding a dead body. Used in criminal law contexts.
彼は死体遺棄罪で逮捕された。
He was arrested for abandonment of a corpse.
死体遺
The crime of abandoning a corpse is stipulated in Article 190 of the Penal Code.