罪つみを犯おかす

expression, godan verb (-su)

commit a crime; commit a sin

Used for both legal crimes and moral/religious sins. The object 罪 can be modified by adjectives to specify the type of crime or sin.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころに罪つみを犯おかした。

  He committed a crime when he was young.

• 嘘うそをつくことも罪つみを犯おかすことだ。

  Telling a lie is also committing a sin.