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to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime
sinner
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
war crime
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  *罪* | 罪* | *罪
guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin
HSK 6
criminal record
a criminal case
to forgive (an offender)
to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance
culpable driving causing serious damage or injury
guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
serious crime / felony
scapegoat; sacrificial lamb
to commit a crime / crime; offense
HSK 6
juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
scene of the crime
plea bargain
violent crime
to convict (sb of a crime)
please forgive me
to punish sb (for a crime)
scapegoat
to apologize for an offense / to offer one's apology for a fault
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
original sin
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
presumption of innocence (law)
to commit suicide to escape punishment
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
criminal offense
to launch a punitive campaign / to condemn scathingly
to blame
to take the rap for sb
to take the blame for sb else / to compensate for one's crime / to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
to criminalize (an activity)
crime / evil / sin
HSK 6
vaguely defined offense that can be broadly interpreted and potentially abused by law enforcement
criminal / perpetrator
to admit guilt; to plead guilty
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
criminal activity
blackmail
(law) negligent homicide
to apologize / apology
to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt
to act as a scapegoat; to take the blame for sb else
to denounce / to condemn / to call to account / to punish
crime / offense
crime of spying
criminal; offender
guilty of terrible crimes (idiom) / reprehensible
to spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors
(formal) to prosecute or punish sb for a crime; to hold sb legally accountable
crime of incitement to overthrow the state / abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权
to convict (sb of a crime)
bitter sufferings; great hardships
(law) to exempt from punishment
achievements and crimes
to be punished for a crime
to admit to a crime / to plead guilty
the crime of hooliganism
sinful nature
guilty
to deny a crime / to plead not guilty
hate crime
heinous crime
scapegoat
innocent / guileless / not guilty (of crime)
to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
to send punitive forces against / (fig.) to criticize violently
to be deemed guilty; to be convicted
criminal charge / accusation
sin / offense
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪) / conscious sin
a crime against humanity
charge; accusation / stigma; bad name; stained reputation
crimes against humanity
capital offense; crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies
sin / crime / wrongdoing
group licentiousness (offense punishable by up to five years in prison in the PRC)
to offend sb / to give offense / to displease
sb condemned by history (idiom)
punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach
crime committed by an organization
to repent; to be contrite
purgatory (religion)
a criminal gang
crime syndicate
having an extensive criminal record
criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem
fraud
to apologize
to pardon
genocide
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
HSK 7-9

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