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구치소
拘置所
[ guchiso ]
「명사」 Noun
• detention house; lockup
A place where a criminal or suspect is locked up until a sentence is given.
law & justice
Type:
Sino-Korean
Level:
Intermediate
The hanja from which the word comes
拘 (구)
–
to seize, to detain, to arrest, to restrict, to restrain, to be bound by
置 (치)
–
to put, to place, to set down
所 (소)
–
place, location, that which, what (nominalizer)
Neighboring words in the dictionary
구원
구월
구이
구절
구제
구조
구주
구천
구치소
구타
구태
구태여
구토
구현
구현되다
구형
구호
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