咎とが人にん

noun

offender; criminal

Dated term for a person who has committed an offense or crime; now mostly replaced by 犯罪者 or 犯人 in modern usage.

• 昔むかしの文ぶん献けんでは、咎とが人にんを捕とらえる話はなしがよく出でてくる。

  In old documents, stories about capturing offenders often appear.