犯はん罪ざいに及およぶ

expression, godan verb (-bu)

commit a crime; resort to crime

A formal or written expression meaning to go so far as to commit a crime, often implying a serious step or last resort.

• 借しゃっ金きんに追おわれて、ついに犯はん罪ざいに及およんだ。

  Pressed by debt, he finally resorted to crime.

• 彼かれは金かねに困こまって犯はん罪ざいに及およんだ。

  Strapped for money, he committed a crime.