略りゃく奪だつ婚こん

noun

marriage by abduction; bride kidnapping

Anthropological term for a marriage practice where a bride is taken by force or capture, historically or in certain cultures.

• 略りゃく奪だつ婚こんは、古こ代だいの一いち部ぶの社しゃ会かいで見みられた慣かん習しゅうだ。

  Marriage by abduction was a custom seen in some ancient societies.

• この地ち域いきでは、かつて略りゃく奪だつ婚こんが行おこなわれていたという記き録ろくがある。

  There are records that bride kidnapping was once practiced in this region.

noun

marriage to an already married person; stealing someone's spouse

Refers to a marriage where one partner was already married; essentially 'stealing' a spouse from an existing marriage. Less common usage.

• 彼かの女じょは略りゃく奪だつ婚こんで、相あい手ては前まえの妻つまと離り婚こんしたばかりだった。

  Hers was a marriage by stealing; her partner had just divorced his previous wife.