口袋罪

kǒudàizuì

noun

Meanings

1 pocket-crime
2 vaguely defined offense that can be stretched to cover almost anything

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Examples

学界批评"流氓罪"是典型的口袋罪。

Xuéjiè pīpíng "liúmáng zuì" shì diǎnxíng de kǒudàizuì.

Scholars criticize the 'hooliganism' offense as a textbook pocket-crime.

口袋罪容易被滥用。

Kǒudàizuì róngyì bèi lànyòng.

Pocket-crimes are easily abused.

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culture

口袋罪 ('pocket-shaped crime') is a Chinese legal-studies term for offenses defined so loosely that prosecutors can 'stuff' a wide range of behavior into them. Classic examples include the old 流氓罪 (hooliganism, abolished 1997) and 投机倒把罪 (profiteering, abolished 1997).

memory

Picture a giant pocket — anything you don't have a charge for, drop it in. That's a 口袋罪.

Stroke Order

口 kǒu

袋 dài

罪 zuì