Dated term for a person who has committed an offense or crime; now mostly replaced by 犯罪者 or 犯人 in modern usage.
In old documents, stories about capturing offenders often appear.
Standard kanji spelling for this dated term.
Alternate kanji form; less common than 咎人.
Compound of 咎 (とが, 'offense, blame') and 人 (にん, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a person who bears blame.