- 別件
- べっけん
separate case
another matter* * *べっけん【別件】¶ → 別件逮捕¶彼を~逮捕するarrest him on another charge [other charges] もう1つの[他のいくつかの]罪で逮捕する.* * *べっけん【別件】●別件で逮捕する arrest sb on a separate charge [in a separate case, on an unrelated matter]
・今日はそれとは別件でお電話しました. I am calling today on another [a different] matter.
別件逮捕 an arrest on a separate [pretextual] charge.●当局は殺人事件の容疑者を駐車違反により別件逮捕した. The murder suspect was arrested on a separate charge of a parking violation.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.