Word Meaning 私刑

しけい shikei

私刑 is read as しけい (shikei) and means punishment without a legal trial.

Meaning

English

  1. punishment without a legal trial
  2. vigilantism

Reading

Kana

しけい

Romaji

shikei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 64561 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

私刑を加える

しけいをくわえる

to take the law into one's own hands

私服刑事

しふくけいじ

plainclothes police officer

私塾

しじゅく

private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

私案

しあん

private plan

私邸

してい

private residence

私企業

しきぎょう

private enterprise

私的制裁

してきせいさい

punishment without a legal trial

私的整理

してきせいり

voluntary liquidation

私選弁護人

しせんべんごにん

private defense counsel

私的価値

してきかち

private value

私設応援団

しせつおうえんだん

private cheer group

私製葉書

しせいはがき

unofficial postcard