連座制

Reading

Kana: れんざせい

Romaji: renzasei

Definition

noun

1

system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)

Kanji

連

Readings: レン、 つら.なる、 つら.ねる、 つ.れる、 -づ.れ

Meanings: take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique

座

Readings: ザ、 すわ.る

Meanings: squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit

制

Reading: セイ

Meanings: system, law, rule