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투옥
投獄
[ tuok ]
「명사」 Noun
• imprisonment
An act of locking someone up in a prison.
law & justice
Type:
Sino-Korean
Level:
Intermediate
The hanja from which the word comes
投 (투)
–
to throw, to cast, to submit
獄 (옥)
–
prison, jail, lawsuit, litigation, trial
Synonyms
감금
–
confinement; imprisonment; detention
구속
–
restriction; restraint; imprisonment
Related words
옥중
–
being in prison; inside of a prison
Neighboring words in the dictionary
퇴폐
퇴폐하다
툇마루
투구
투명
투명하다
투사
투성이
투옥
투입
투자
투자자
투자하다
투쟁
투표
투표권
투표소
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