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単独犯 (たんどくはん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

単たん独どく犯はん

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Meanings

1

noun

lone criminal; sole perpetrator

Refers to a person who commits a crime alone, without accomplices. Used in legal and news contexts.

警けい察さつは単たん独どく犯はんの可か能のう性せいが高たかいと見みている。
The police believe it is highly likely the work of a lone perpetrator.

2

noun

crime carried out by one person

Refers to the act or case of a crime committed by a single person, as opposed to a group or organized crime.

この事じ件けんは単たん独どく犯はんではなく、組そ織しき的てきな犯はん行こうの疑うたがいがある。
This case is suspected to be an organized crime, not a crime carried out by one person.

Kanji

単simple, one, single
独single, alone, spontaneously
犯crime, sin, offense

Similar words

共きょう犯はん
共犯 means complicity or an accomplice, whereas 単独犯 emphasizes a single perpetrator or a crime committed alone.
組そ織しき犯はん罪ざい
組織犯罪 refers to organized crime involving multiple people, contrasting with the lone nature of 単独犯.

Etymology

Compound of 単独 (tandoku, 'alone, sole') and 犯 (han, 'crime' or 'criminal'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound used in modern legal and journalistic contexts.