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大罪人
だいざいにん
1. [n]
▶ serious criminal
▶ heinous criminal



History:
4. A 2022-11-17 10:48:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
"heinous" sounds a bit Dickensian.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<gloss>serious criminal</gloss>
3. A* 2022-11-17 06:53:31  Opencooper
  Refs:
* gg5: a great offender; a felon
* saito: (法律上なら)a great criminal; a heinous criminal:(宗教、道徳上なら)a great sinner
* reverso:  serious criminal
* nikk (https://kotobank.jp/word/大罪人-2058307):  重大な罪を犯した人。重罪人。

* daijr 「極重悪人」 entry : この上ない大悪人。極悪人。「社会の大罪人,―/女房殺し(水蔭)」
* daijs 「網呑舟の魚を漏らす」 entry: 法律が大まかであるために大罪人を逃してしまうことのたとえ。
  Comments:
I think daijr just had it as part of its citation rather than listing it as a synonym. The daijs mention seems to be talking about criminals escaping the law.
  Diff:
@@ -12,3 +12 @@
-<gloss>scum of the earth</gloss>
-<gloss>monster</gloss>
-<gloss>fiend</gloss>
+<gloss>heinous criminal</gloss>
2. A 2017-12-13 12:07:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2017-12-08 12:17:23  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
given as a synonym in daijr  極重悪人 entry, in daijs 網呑舟
の魚を漏らす entry
reading:
https://furigana.info/w/大罪人

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