警けい察さつ沙ざ汰た

noun

police matter; brush with the law

Refers to a situation that involves the police, often implying trouble or legal consequences. Commonly used in phrases like 警察沙汰になる (to become a police matter).

• 近きん所じょの騒そう音おんが警けい察さつ沙汰ざたになった。

  The noise from the neighborhood became a police matter.

• 彼かれは万まん引びきで警けい察さつ沙汰ざたになったことがある。

  He has had a brush with the law for shoplifting.