推すい鞠きく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

criminal investigation (archaic)

Archaic term for interrogating or investigating a criminal, used in historical or legal contexts. Modern Japanese would use 取り調べ or 捜査.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの奉ぶ行ぎょう所しょでは、罪ざい人にんを推すい鞠きくする際さいに厳きびしい尋じん問もんが行おこなわれた。

  In the magistrate's office of the Edo period, severe interrogation was conducted when investigating criminals.