chủ phạm

chủ phạm

Cảnh sát đã bắt được chủ phạm trong vụ cướp ngân hàng.

Definitions
  1. Noun:
    • Principal offender; main perpetrator: The person who is primarily responsible for planning, organizing, or directly committing a crime or wrongdoing. This term is primarily used in legal and formal contexts to distinguish the main culprit from accomplices or accessories.
    • Ringleader: The leader or chief instigator of a group involved in illegal or harmful activities.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • Cảnh sát đã bắt được chủ phạm trong vụ cướp ngân hàng. (The police have arrested the principal offender in the bank robbery.)
    • Trong vụ án này, hắn ta được xác định là chủ phạm. (In this case, he was identified as the main perpetrator.)
    • Chủ phạm của vụ lừa đảo đã thú tội. (The ringleader of the fraud scheme has confessed.)
Advanced Usage
  • "kẻ chủ phạm": This is a more emphatic form, literally "the one who is the principal offender," often used in news reports or formal accusations to underscore culpability.
    • Kẻ chủ phạm đã bị kết án tù chung thân. (The principal culprit was sentenced to life imprisonment.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Đồng phạm (n): Accomplice; a person who helps another commit a crime but is not the main perpetrator.
  • Tòng phạm (n): Accessory; a person who assists in or contributes to the commission of a crime, often in a secondary role.
  • Thủ phạm (n): Perpetrator; a more general term for the person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act. It can sometimes be used interchangeably with "chủ phạm," though "chủ phạm" more strongly implies primary responsibility.
Synonyms
  • Kẻ cầm đầu: Ringleader, leader (of a criminal group).
  • Kẻ chính: The main one (responsible).
  • Thủ ác (literary/formal): The chief evildoer.
Related Phrases/Idioms
  • "Truy bắt chủ phạm": To hunt down/apprehend the principal offender.
    • Lực lượng an ninh đang nỗ lực truy bắt chủ phạm. (The security forces are making efforts to hunt down the principal offender.)
  • "Chỉ mặt đặt tên chủ phạm": To point out and name the principal offender directly; to publicly identify the main culprit.
    • Bài báo đã chỉ mặt đặt tên chủ phạm của vụ bê bối. (The article pointed out and named the principal offender in the scandal.)