公こう職しょく追つい放ほう

noun

purge of public officials; expulsion from public office and ban on political participation

Historical term referring to the removal of public officials and prohibition from political activity carried out by the SCAP during the Allied occupation of Japan after World War II.

• 戦せん後ご、多おおくの政せい治じ家かが公こう職しょく追つい放ほうの対たい象しょうとなった。

  After the war, many politicians were subject to the purge from public office.

• 公こう職しょく追つい放ほう令れいによって、彼かれは一いっ切さいの政せい治じ活かつ動どうを禁きんじられた。

  Under the Purge Directive, he was banned from all political activities.