day 46bribes and lawsuits
unit 7 · courts, crime & disastersbribes and lawsuits
Ask about the past as older speakers do with -던가? (was it …?), and follow a bribery trial: 뇌물, 법정, 변호, 배후, 빼돌리다, 배상, 부당.
today’s words
- 끌려가다 kkeullyeogada · be dragged away, be taken (by force)
- 뇌물 noemul · bribe
- 단서 danseo · clue, lead
- 당사자 dangsaja · the person concerned, the parties
- 박탈 baktal · stripping (of a right), deprivation
- 발각 balgak · being found out, discovery (of wrongdoing)
- 방범 bangbeom · crime prevention
- 배상 baesang · compensation (for damage)
- 배후 baehu · the people behind it, the mastermind
- 범행 beomhaeng · the crime, the offence
- 법률가 beomnyulga · lawyer, legal professional
- 법안 beoban · bill (a draft law)
- 법정 beopjeong · court, courtroom
- 변호 byeonho · defence (in court)
- 부당 budang · unfairness, injustice (부당하다)
- 부패 bupae · corruption; rotting
- 빼돌리다 ppaedollida · siphon off, sneak out (money, information)
- 뺑소니 ppaengsoni · hit-and-run
- 사법 sabeop · justice, the judicial (system)
- 사법부 sabeopbu · the judiciary
- 살해 salhae · killing, murder (news, law)
- 선고 seongo · sentence (in court); pronouncement
- 소지 soji · carrying, having on you
sentences
- 구청 공무원이 공사 업체로부터 뇌물을 받은 사실이 발각되었다. · It came to light that a district official had taken bribes from a construction firm.
- 업체 대표는 공사비 일부를 여러 계좌로 분산해 몰래 빼돌린 것으로 드러났다. · The firm’s head turned out to have secretly siphoned off part of the building costs, spreading it over several accounts.
- 경찰은 이번 범행의 배후에 누가 있는지 단서를 찾고 있다. · The police are looking for leads on who is behind the crime.
- 피해 주민들은 업체를 상대로 손해 배상 소송을 냈다. · The residents who suffered have sued the firm for damages.
- 법정에서 두 당사자는 서로 상대방의 주장이 부당하다고 맞섰다. · In court, the two parties each insisted the other side’s claims were unfair.