noun
Legal or formal term for stolen property; synonymous with 贓物 (ぞうぶつ). Rare in everyday conversation.
See also: 贓物
警察は贓品の売買を取り締まっている。
The police are cracking down on the buying and selling of stolen goods.
Synonym; 贓物 is more common in legal contexts, while 贓品 is rarer and may appear in formal writing.
Compound of 贓 (stolen goods) and 品 (goods, article). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with stolen property.