Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 共きょう 犯はん になる to become an accomplice to someone's crime
He became an accomplice in the murder case.
共きょう 犯はん として 逮たい 捕ほ される to be arrested as an accomplice
The two of them were arrested as accomplices in the robbery.
共きょう 犯はん の 疑うたが いがある to be suspected of complicity
She is suspected of being an accomplice.
Related words 加担 is a broader, more everyday word for taking part in something wrong, while 共犯 is the specific legal term for being a joint offender in a crime.
共犯 specifically means being an accomplice who directly participated in a crime, while 連座 emphasizes being held responsible merely through association, not necessarily direct participation.
Opposites 正犯 is the principal offender who directly commits the crime, whereas 共犯 refers to an accomplice who participates jointly.
主犯 is the principal offender who leads a crime, while 共犯 is an accomplice who assists but is not the main perpetrator.
Don't confuse with 従犯 refers specifically to a lesser accomplice who assists the main offender, while 共犯 is the general term covering all parties jointly responsible for a crime.
共犯 refers to the accomplice or the state of being a co-offender, while 共謀 refers to the act of jointly plotting the crime beforehand.
Etymology From 共 (together) + 犯 (crime/offense). The compound straightforwardly means committing a crime together.
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