遺い棄き罪ざい

noun

abandonment (crime); criminal abandonment

Legal term for the crime of abandoning a person under one's protection, such as a child, elderly person, or sick individual. Refers to the offense defined in the Japanese Penal Code.

• 遺い棄き罪ざいで逮たい捕ほされた。

  He was arrested for criminal abandonment.

• 遺い棄き罪ざいは刑けい法ほう第だい218条じょうに規き定ていされている。

  The crime of abandonment is stipulated in Article 218 of the Penal Code.