現行犯 – vocab dash

現げん行こう犯はん

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Meanings

Noun

1. flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

Kanji used

Pitch accent

げんこうはん

Composed of

present; current; in operation

Noun

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

Suffix

Used in vocabulary

flagrant offender

Noun

in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of someone in the act of committing a crime

Noun

Examples8

泥どろ棒ぼうは現げん行こう犯はんでつかまった。

The thief was caught in the act.

彼かれはすりの現げん行こう犯はんでつかまった。

He was caught in the act of pickpocketing.

泥どろ棒ぼうは、現げん行こう犯はんで捕つかまった。

The thief was arrested red-handed.

彼かの女じょはネックレスを盗ぬすもうとして現げん行こう犯はんでつかまった。

She was caught red-handed trying to steal a necklace.

警けい察さつは強ごう盗とうを現げん行こう犯はんで捕つかまえた。

The police caught the burglar red-handed.

今こん度どは見み逃のがしてやるが、またお前まえを盗ぬすみの現げん行こう犯はんで捕とらえたくないもんだね。

I'll let you off this time, but I don't ever want to catch you stealing again.