罪人 (ざいにん, zainin) Japanese meaning: criminal | Kotomora裁
判
に
かけ
られ
た
。
He was tried as a criminal.
Shielding a wrongdoer puts your own position at risk.
Usage patterns
〈人〉を罪人扱いするto treat someone as if they were a criminal
He was treated as if he were a criminal.
罪人を裁くto judge/sentence a criminal
The judge sentenced the criminal harshly.
罪人を捕らえるto capture/apprehend a criminal
The police captured the criminal who had fled.