attempted crime; criminal attempt
Legal term for a crime that was attempted but not completed. Used in formal and legal contexts.
He was charged with attempted murder.
Attempted crimes may carry lighter sentences than completed crimes.
The broader concept of 'attempt' or 'incompletion', often used as a prefix (e.g., 未遂事件). 未遂罪 specifically refers to the crime itself.
Compound of 未遂 (みすい, 'attempted but not completed') and 罪 (ざい, 'crime'). The reading ざい is a rendaku form of つみ.