연좌제連坐制 (잇닿을 련, 앉을 좌, 절제할 제)
yeonjwaje
ENcollective punishment, where family or relatives of an offender were collectively punished.; A situation where one is punished or given a disadvantage for being associated with an offender.; the "association system"
명사
- 1. ENcollective punishment, where family or relatives of an offender were collectively punished.
- 2. ENA situation where one is punished or given a disadvantage for being associated with an offender.
- 3. ENthe "association system"; the practice of collective punishment in North Korea where three to eight generations of a political offender's family can be imprisoned or executed.