Definition

1. Noun:

   • Defendant, accused person: A person formally charged with or on trial for a crime.
   • Guilty party, perpetrator: A person who is guilty of committing an offense or crime.

2. Verb (archaic/literary usage):

   • To be guilty of, to commit (a crime): To perpetrate or be culpable for an offense as defined by law.

Usage Examples

• As a Noun:

  • Can phạm đã được đưa ra tòa. (The defendant has been brought to court.)
  • Cảnh sát đang truy tìm can phạm. (The police are searching for the perpetrator.)

• As a Verb (archaic):

  • Hắn can phạm tội cướp. (He committed the crime of robbery.)

Advanced Usage

• Legal Context: The term is primarily used in formal, legal, or journalistic contexts to refer to a person accused or found guilty of a crime. It carries a strong connotation of legal culpability.
• "can phạm chính": main perpetrator/prime suspect.
  • Can phạm chính vẫn đang bỏ trốn. (The main perpetrator is still at large.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bị can (noun): A more common and specific legal term for "defendant" or "the accused" in a criminal proceeding. is often used synonymously with .
• Phạm nhân (noun): Convict; a person who has been found guilty and sentenced.
• Tội phạm (noun): Criminal; a more general term for a person who commits crimes.

Synonyms

• Thủ phạm (noun): Culprit, perpetrator (emphasizes being the direct cause).
• Người bị buộc tội (noun): The accused.

Related Phrases

• Bắt giữ can phạm: To arrest the perpetrator/defendant.
  • Cảnh sát đã bắt giữ can phạm. (The police have arrested the perpetrator.)
• Lời khai của can phạm: The defendant's/perpetrator's testimony.
  • Lời khai của can phạm có nhiều mâu thuẫn. (The defendant's testimony has many inconsistencies.)

1. To be guilty of an offence

noun

1. như bị can