主しゅ犯はん者しゃ

noun

principal offender; main culprit

Legal term for the primary perpetrator of a crime, as opposed to an accomplice or accessory.

• 警けい察さつは主しゅ犯はん者しゃを逮たい捕ほした。

  The police arrested the principal offender.

• この事じ件けんの主しゅ犯はん者しゃはまだ逃とう走そう中ちゅうだ。

  The main culprit in this case is still at large.