被ひ疑ぎ者しゃ

ひ

ぎ

しゃ

Meanings

Legal term for a person suspected of a crime, used in criminal procedure contexts. More formal than 容疑者, which is common in news reports.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を被ひ疑ぎ者しゃとして逮たい捕ほするto arrest someone as a suspect
警けい察さつはその男おとこを被ひ疑ぎ者しゃとして逮たい捕ほした。
The police arrested the man as a suspect.
被ひ疑ぎ者しゃを取とり調しらべるto interrogate a suspect
刑けい事じは被ひ疑ぎ者しゃを取とり調しらべている。
The detective is interrogating the suspect.
被ひ疑ぎ者しゃの身み柄がらを拘こう束そくするto take a suspect into custody
検けん察さつは被ひ疑ぎ者しゃの身み柄がらを拘こう束そくした。
The prosecutor's office took the suspect into custody.
被ひ疑ぎ者しゃが自じ供きょうするfor a suspect to confess
被ひ疑ぎ者しゃは事じ件けんについて自じ供きょうした。
The suspect confessed to the incident.

Kanji

被incur, cover, veil
疑doubt, distrust, be suspicious
者someone, person

Related words

容よう疑ぎ者しゃN1
容疑者 is the common word for 'suspect' used in news and everyday speech, while 被疑者 is the stricter legal term used in criminal procedure documents.

Opposites

被ひ害がい者しゃN3
被疑者 is the person suspected of committing a crime, while 被害者 is the person who suffered from it.

Don't confuse with

犯はん人にんN3
被疑者 refers to someone merely suspected of a crime and not yet proven guilty, whereas 犯人 means the actual perpetrator who committed the crime.
容よう疑ぎ
容疑 refers to the suspicion itself, while 被疑者 refers to the person who is suspected.

Etymology

Compound of 被 (ひ, 'receive, incur') + 疑 (ぎ, 'doubt, suspicion') + 者 (しゃ, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination transparently means 'person under suspicion'.