事じ後ご報ほう告こく

noun

ex post facto report; report after the fact

A report made after an action or event has already occurred, often implying that prior approval was not obtained. Common in business and formal contexts.

• 上じょう司しに事じ後ご報ほう告こくで許ゆるしてもらった。

  I got my boss's forgiveness by reporting after the fact.

• 事じ後ご報ほう告こくでは遅おそすぎる場ば合あいもある。

  Sometimes an ex post facto report is too late.