罪つみと罰ばつMeanings1nounCrime and Punishment (novel by Dostoevsky)work of art, literature, music, etc.Title of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel. Used as a proper noun referring to the work.ドストエフスキーの『罪つみと罰ばつ』はロシア文ぶん学がくの傑けっ作さくだ。Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' is a masterpiece of Russian literature.