死し罪ざい

noun

capital crime; crime punishable by death

A legal term for a crime that carries the death penalty. Used in historical and modern legal contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、死し罪ざいにあたる罪つみが多おおく定さだめられていた。

  In the Edo period, many crimes were designated as capital crimes.

• 彼かれは死し罪ざいを宣せん告こくされた。

  He was sentenced to death.