NichiDict

隠滅

いんめつ
湮滅堙滅
[inmetsu]

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

lawdestruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression

2.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

hiding; concealment

Examples

証拠の隠滅を図った容疑で逮捕された。

He was arrested on suspicion of attempting to destroy evidence.

隠滅された文書の復元に成功した。

They succeeded in restoring the destroyed documents.

証拠隠滅の恐れがあるため拘留が続いた。

Detention continued due to the risk of evidence destruction.