noun
Formal or literary term for property obtained through theft or robbery. Often used in legal contexts.
警察は犯人のアジトから大量の贓物を押収した。
The police seized a large amount of stolen goods from the criminal's hideout.
贓物の売買は法律で禁じられている。
Buying and selling stolen goods is prohibited by law.
Variant kanji form; 贓 is the more common character in modern legal contexts.
From Middle Chinese 贓物 (tsang mjut), meaning 'stolen goods'. The kanji 贓 means 'booty, spoils' and 物 means 'thing'.