noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
complicity; implication in a crime; guilt by association
Refers to being held responsible for a crime or wrongdoing because of one's connection to the perpetrator, often in legal or political contexts. Commonly used with する to mean 'to be implicated'.
彼は汚職事件に連座した。
He was implicated in the corruption scandal.
連座制
Under the guilt-by-association system, not only the candidate but also associates are held accountable.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
sitting together in a row
Archaic literal meaning of sitting side by side in the same seat or row. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside historical descriptions.
古い記録には、宴席で連座したとある。
Old records say they sat together in a row at the banquet.