Korean slang profile
공토법
gongtobeop
Public-project land acquisition law
Short for the law on acquiring and compensating land and related property for public-interest projects.
- Expanded form
- 공익사업을 위한 토지 등의 취득 및 보상에 관한 법률공익사업을 위한 토지 등의 취득 및 보상에 관한 법률 (law on acquiring and compensating land and related property for public-interest projects)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
자료를 찾을 때 공토법의 정식 이름도 함께 확인했다.
When looking for material, I also checked 공토법’s full name.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “공토법” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection directly explains it as short for that law’s title. This entry explains the name, not individual compensation criteria. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026