主しゅ犯はん

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Meanings

Legal term for the main perpetrator or the primary crime itself. In news contexts, often refers to the ringleader or main culprit.

〈事じ件けん〉の主しゅ犯はんthe principal offender of an incident/case
その強ごう盗とう事じ件けんの主しゅ犯はんはまだ逃とう走そう中ちゅうだ。
The principal offender in that robbery case is still on the run.
主しゅ犯はんとして逮たい捕ほされるto be arrested as the principal offender
彼かれはその詐さ欺ぎ事じ件けんの主しゅ犯はんとして逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested as the principal offender in that fraud case.

犯はん人にんN3
犯人 is the general word for a criminal or culprit, while 主犯 specifically singles out the principal offender when a crime involves multiple people.
首しゅ謀ぼう者しゃ
首謀者 emphasizes the person who planned or instigated a crime or plot, whereas 主犯 is the legal term for the main offender who actually committed it.
元げん凶きょう
主犯 is a legal term for the principal offender in a crime, while 元凶 is broader and can describe any ringleader or root cause, legal or not.

共きょう犯はん
主犯 is the principal offender who leads a crime, while 共犯 is an accomplice who assists but is not the main perpetrator.

Compound of 主 (main, principal) and 犯 (crime, offense). The reading is on'yomi.