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犯人を捕まえる (はんにんをつかまえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

犯はん人にんを捕つかまえる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

arrest the culprit; catch the criminal

A set phrase meaning to apprehend or capture a person who committed a crime. Often used in news reports, police contexts, or dramatic speech.

警けい察さつはすぐに犯はん人にんを捕つかまえた。
The police quickly arrested the culprit.
犯はん人にんを捕つかまえるために、証しょう拠こを集あつめている

。

We are gathering evidence to catch the criminal.

Kanji

犯crime, sin, offense
人person
捕catch, capture

Similar words

逮たい捕ほする
逮捕する is a formal legal term for 'arrest', while 犯人を捕まえる is a more colloquial, dramatic, or general expression for catching a criminal.

Etymology

A transparent compound of 犯人 (criminal) + を (object marker) + 捕まえる (to catch). The phrase is a straightforward collocation with no special historical derivation.