noun
attempted crime; criminal attempt
Legal term for a crime that was attempted but not completed. Used in formal and legal contexts.
彼は殺人未遂罪で起訴された。
He was charged with attempted murder.
未遂罪は既遂罪より刑が軽い場合がある。
Attempted crimes may carry lighter sentences than completed crimes.
The broader concept of 'attempt' or 'incompletion', often used as a prefix (e.g., 未遂事件). 未遂罪 specifically refers to the crime itself.
Compound of 未遂 (みすい, 'attempted but not completed') and 罪 (ざい, 'crime'). The reading ざい is a rendaku form of つみ.