WORDROW Korean Idioms 겨린 (을) The part “을” may be omitted. 잡히다
- Form listed in the dictionary: 겨린(을) 잡히다
- 겨린을 잡히다
- 겨린 잡히다
English rendering Be summoned as a witness Literal translation: “Be taken as a witness”
Meaning 1
살인범의 이웃 사람이나 범죄 현장 근처를 지나가는 사람이 증인으로 불려 가다.
Of a murderer's neighbor or a person passing near a crime scene, be summoned as a witness.
Dictionary example 1
나는 얼굴도 모르는 그 총각의 이웃이라고 관아에 겨린 잡혔다.
I was summoned to the government office as a witness because I lived next to that young man, whose face I didn't even know.
