共犯

• 読み: きょうはん
• ローマ字: kyohan
• 漢字の分解: 共 (kyō/tomo) — together, joint; 犯 (han/oka) — crime, offend
• 発音: /kʲoː.han/

意味

Complicity; joint crime; participation in a criminal act alongside another person. Also refers to an accomplice or co-offender.

A legal term describing joint criminal responsibility. Under Japanese criminal law, 共犯 encompasses 共同正犯 (co-perpetrators), 教唆犯 (instigators), and 幇助犯 (accessories). 共犯者 means 'accomplice' or 'co-conspirator.' In colloquial use, the term can refer figuratively to shared responsibility for any wrongdoing or scheme, as in being 'in it together' with someone.

例文

1. 捜査当局は、事件の首謀者だけでなく共犯者の特定にも力を入れた。
2. 二人は共犯関係にあったとして、同時に逮捕された。
3. 友人を巻き込んでしまったことで、彼は自分も共犯だという罪悪感に苛まれた。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, crime, criminal justice, legal proceedings

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From 共 (together/joint) and 犯 (crime/offence). A legal compound established in Japan's Meiji-era Penal Code, following Continental European legal frameworks, particularly French and German criminal law.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal