思し想そう犯はん

noun

thought crime; ideological offense; political crime; ideological offender

Refers to a crime based on holding or expressing certain ideas, or to a person convicted of such a crime. Often used in historical or political contexts, especially regarding suppression of dissent.

• その作さっ家かは思し想そう犯はんとして逮たい捕ほされた。

  The writer was arrested as a thought criminal.

• 戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんでは、思し想そう犯はんを取とり締しまる法ほう律りつがあった。

  In prewar Japan, there were laws to crack down on ideological offenses.