犯罪者

hanzai-sha

noun★Intermediate— criminal

⚖️Law

formal

A person who commits a crime or violates the law.

犯罪者は社会の秩序を乱す存在である。

Criminals are individuals who disrupt social order.

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This term is used in legal and formal contexts to refer to individuals who have been convicted of crimes.

Collocations

犯罪者の逮捕arrest of a criminal犯罪者の処罰punishment of a criminal

the psychology of criminals

Use '犯罪者' in formal or legal contexts, while '犯人' is more common in everyday speech.

In legal documents and formal discussions, '犯罪者' is the preferred term to describe someone who has committed a crime.

Composed of 犯罪 (hanzai, 'crime') and 者 (sha, 'person'), literally meaning 'person who commits a crime'.

While '犯罪者' is a formal term, '犯人' is more commonly used in everyday conversation to refer to a criminal.

犯罪

crime

root

者

person

suffix

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