強ごう姦かん罪ざい

noun

rape (crime); criminal rape

Dated legal term for the crime of rape. In modern Japanese law, this has been replaced by 不同意性交等罪 (non-consensual sexual intercourse etc. crime). Still encountered in historical or pre-reform legal contexts.

See also: 不同意性交等罪

• 旧きゅう刑けい法ほうでは強ごう姦かん罪ざいが規き定ていされていた。

  The former Penal Code provided for the crime of rape.

• 強ごう姦かん罪ざいは現げん在ざい、不ふ同どう意い性せい交こう等とう罪ざいに改かい正せいされている。

  The crime of rape has now been revised to the crime of non-consensual sexual intercourse, etc.