取とり潰つぶし

noun

dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief

Historical term referring to the Edo-period practice where the shogunate abolished a daimyo's domain and seized its land, often as punishment.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、取とり潰つぶしは大だい名みょうにとって最もっとも重おもい処しょ分ぶんの一ひとつだった。

  In the Edo period, dissolution of a clan was one of the severest punishments for a daimyo.