Keyword
perpetrator
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig1517
Readings
はん
(83%)
おか
(15%)
Composed of
animal
fingerprint
Mnemonic

The perpetrator left his fingerprints all over the scene... it was an animal!

(Some animals such as monkeys and koalas do actually have fingerprints, just like humans.)

Used in vocabulary (188 in total)
offender; criminal; culprit
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
crime; offence; offense
criminal; culprit
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
the real criminal; true culprit
accomplice; henchman
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
to make a mistake
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
to have sex with
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
atrocious crime; heinous crime
theft; stealing; larceny
to violate the law
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
criminal investigation
copycat criminal; copycat crime
felony; serious crime
minor offence; minor offense; misdemeanor; misdemeanour
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
first offence; first offense; first offender
complicity (in a crime); collusion
criminal; culprit; offender; rogue
second offense; second offence
to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
escaped prisoner; fugitive
intellectual crime; white-collar crime; intellectual criminal; smart criminal
organized crime; organised crime
premeditated crime; deliberate crime
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
organization or group behind a crime or act of terror
juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
airspace incursion; airspace violation
criminality; criminal propensity
to make a mistake; to commit an error; to commit a fault
political offence; political offense
violation of territorial sovereignty; intrusion into territory
a kidnapper; an abductor
(crime of) aiding a criminal to avoid capture
accomplice; complicity
punishable offense; crime
letter of responsibility (for a crime)
burglary; larceny
infringement; violation
strict observance of the Buddhist commandment that all priests should be celibate
criminal record
sin of having sexual relations with a woman (for a Buddhist priest)
intrusion into territorial waters; violation of territorial waters
sensational crime that becomes a media event; (lit.) theatrical crime
criminal offense; criminal offence
criminal intent; malice
cyber-crime; net crime
felony; major offence; felon; old offender
offense (against the law); offence; violation
infringement; violation; breach of regulations; infraction
principal offender
intentional crime
evidence of a crime
repeated offense; repeated offence
criminal instigator
political crime; political offence
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
crime committed together by two or more people (in which each is known as a co-principal)
gun crime; gun-related crime
accessory after the fact
security equipment (pepper spray, taser, batons, etc.); anti-theft device
principal offense; principal offence; principal offender
juvenile offender; juvenile delinquent
transnational organized crime; TOC
infringing on the power of the sovereign
minor offense; minor offence
to commit a crime; to resort to crime
(strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy
indirect principal offender; indirect perpetrator; principal offender in the second degree
likelihood of committing a crime; pre-delinquent
(crime of) harboring a fugitive (harbouring)
class-B and class-C war criminals
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning of a crime, but not its execution)
offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime
juvenile likely to commit a crime; juvenile with a criminal bent; pre-delinquent juvenile; status offender
military offense; military offence
infringement of sovereignty
principal offender
accessory offense; accessory offence
violation; offense; offence
crime of commission
crime of negligence; careless offense; careless offence
offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime
violations of special law
acting alone in committing a crime
crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection)
single crime consisting of multiple independent crimes (i.e. robbery, which consists of theft and threats or use of violence)
single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling); crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection)
accessory before the fact
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
direct principal offender; direct perpetrator; principal offender in the first degree
malum in se; act inherently wrong by nature
malum prohibitum; unlawful act by virtue of statute
wrongful death; death caused by violent crime
death not caused by a violent crime (excl. dying of natural causes)
Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)
occasional crime; crime instigated by external circumstances
crime instigated by external circumstances
would-be crime abandoned before being carried out
state's evidence; crown evidence
Examples (200 in total)
The man I thought was the criminal didn't have any connection to the incident.
Was the culprit found?
The police found out where the criminal lived.