noun
law-breaker; offender
Refers to a person who violates a law or regulation. Slightly formal; used in legal or official contexts.
違犯者は厳しく罰せられるべきだ。
Law-breakers should be severely punished.
Compound of 違犯 (violation) + 者 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a standard Sino-Japanese pattern for agent nouns.