主しゅ犯はん

noun

principal offender; principal offense

Legal term for the main perpetrator or the primary crime itself. In news contexts, often refers to the ringleader or main culprit.

• 警けい察さつは主しゅ犯はんの男おとこを逮たい捕ほした。

  The police arrested the principal offender.

• この事じ件けんの主しゅ犯はんはまだ特とく定ていされていない。

  The principal offender in this case has not yet been identified.