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causing injury; resulting in injury
Legal-jargon noun meaning 'causing bodily injury'. Attaches to other criminal-act nouns to form aggravated offense names — e.g., 'robbery resulting in injury'.
容疑者は強盗致傷で逮捕された。
The suspect was arrested for robbery causing injury.
傷害致死と致傷は量刑が異なる。
Assault causing death and assault causing injury carry different sentences.
裁判所は、その事件を強盗致傷罪として審理している。
The court is hearing the case as robbery causing injury.
Compound of 致 ('to bring about, to cause') + 傷 ('injury'). Almost exclusively used in legal terminology to name aggravated forms of an underlying crime — one that resulted in an injury without the perpetrator necessarily intending it.
COMMON COMPOUNDS:
- 強盗致傷: robbery causing injury
- 傷害致死: assault causing death (parallel form with 致死)
- 過失致傷: negligent injury
- 〜致傷罪: the crime of ~ causing injury
USAGE:
Never used as a standalone word in everyday speech. You will see it almost exclusively in news headlines, court documents, and crime reporting. The parallel suffix for fatal cases is 致死 (causing death).