共犯|きょうはんkyouhan[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- nouncomplicity
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related共謀きょうぼうNeutralJoint plotting that stresses the advance scheming; 「共犯」 stresses taking part in the crime itself.
- Related共犯関係きょうはんかんけいWrittenFormal term for the relationship between people who commit a crime together; 「共犯」 itself can mean either the act of complicity or the accomplice.
- Related陰謀者いんぼうしゃWrittenFormal word for someone who secretly plots wrongdoing but may never actually carry it out; 「共犯」 means committing the crime together.
- Related共謀者きょうぼうしゃWrittenFormal word for someone who plots a crime with others; it stresses the planning stage rather than the crime itself.
- RelatedグルCasualColloquial slang for a partner in collusion, as in 「グルになる」; keep it to casual speech.
- Related謀議仲間NeutralA descriptive phrase rather than a fixed term, for accomplices who plot together; 「共犯」 means committing the crime together.
- Antonym単独犯たんどくはんNeutralThe opposite of 「共犯」: a crime carried out by one person alone, or that lone offender.
Legally, 「共犯」 covers taking part in a crime together; for prior conspiracy use 「共謀」. In casual speech, being in cahoots is 「グルになる」. A crime committed alone is 「単独犯」.
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