凶きょう状じょう持もち

noun

person with a criminal record; ex-convict; violent criminal

A dated term for someone who has committed a serious crime, especially a violent one, and carries that stigma. Often used in historical or period contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、凶きょう状じょう持もちは村むら八はち分ぶにされることもあった。

  In the Edo period, a person with a criminal record could be ostracized by the village.

• 彼かれは凶きょう状じょう持もちとして世せ間けんから冷つめたい目めで見みられた。

  He was looked at coldly by society as an ex-convict.