地検
Meanings
1
District Public Prosecutors Office
abbreviation
Abbreviation of 地方検察庁. Used in news and legal contexts to refer to a district-level prosecutors office.
See also: 地方検察庁
The district public prosecutors office indicted the suspect.
Usage patterns
- 〈事件〉を地検に送致するto refer a case to the district prosecutors office
The police referred the case to the district prosecutors office.
- 地検が〈人〉を起訴するfor the district prosecutors office to indict someone
The district prosecutors office indicted the suspect.
- 地検が〈場所〉を家宅捜索するfor the district prosecutors office to conduct a search of a premises
The district prosecutors office conducted a search of the company's office.
- 地検特捜部the special investigation unit of a district prosecutors office
The Special Investigation Unit of the Tokyo District Prosecutors Office began its investigation.