생매장

saengmaejang
Noun

Definitions

1
living burial
An act of burying a person or animal alive.
사람이나 동물을 산 채로 땅속에 묻음.
2
setup
(figurative) An act of falsely accusing an innocent person and expelling him/her from his/her own society.
(비유적으로) 아무런 잘못이 없는 사람에게 억지로 죄를 뒤집어씌워 속해 있던 사회에서 몰아냄.

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Dictionary data from Korean Learners' Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA.