English Dictionary

high crime

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌhaɪ ˈkɹaɪm/

名詞

(law) Often in the plural: a major crime or wrongdoing, notably one subject to trial before the highest courts which may impose the gravest punishments.

日本語の意味

重大な犯罪（国家の最高機関で審理され、最も重い処罰が科される恐れがある重大な不法行為） / 重罪（深刻で重大な犯罪行為）

The committee investigated whether the minister had committed a high crime that warranted impeachment.

委員会は大臣が弾劾に値する、最高裁などで裁かれるような重大な犯罪を犯したかどうかを調査した。

意味（1）

(law) Often in the plural: a major crime or wrongdoing, notably one subject to trial before the highest courts which may impose the gravest punishments.

Lese majesty used to be a high crime, for which royal or imperial courts often put offenders to death.

high crimes （ plural ）