自じ粛しゅく警けい察さつ

noun

self-appointed pandemic enforcer; pandemic police; virus vigilante

Colloquial, often humorous term for people who publicly shame or pressure businesses and individuals perceived as not following COVID-19 self-restraint guidelines. Coined during the pandemic.

• 自じ粛しゅく警けい察さつが営えい業ぎょうを続つづける店みせに張はり紙がみをした。

  The pandemic police put up a sign on a shop that stayed open.

• SNSで自じ粛しゅく警けい察さつの過か剰じょうな取とり締しまりが問もん題だいになった。

  Excessive crackdowns by virus vigilantes became a problem on social media.