同谋犯 (tóng móu fàn) — accomplice, co-conspirator

Definition

A legal term for an accomplice who helped plan a crime together with the main offender. Used in courtroom and police reporting contexts.

noun
accompliceco-conspirator
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 同谋犯。
    Jǐng fāng dài bǔ le zhǔ fàn hé liǎng míng tóng móu fàn.
    The police arrested the main culprit and two accomplices.
  • 同谋犯。
    Fǎ tíng pàn jué suǒ yǒu tóng móu fàn dōu yǒu zuì.
    The court found all accomplices guilty.
  • 同谋犯。
    Tā chéng rèn zì jǐ shì zhè qǐ qiǎng jié àn de tóng móu fàn.
    He admitted to being an accomplice in this robbery case.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

同谋conspire together
同tóngtogether谋móuplot
偏正Modifier + head
犯fànoffender

同谋 means plotting together, and 犯 is an offender, giving the sense of a person who conspires.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

同 originally drew a pipe. It is the old form of 筒.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 謀; 谋 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
某
某mǒu謀móu
Same sound today

The traditional form 謀 uses 言 to show it relates to speech and 某 to show its sound; the simplified 谋 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢎘
𢎘𢎘犯fàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

犯 combines 犬 and 𢎘: 犬 gives the meaning, and 𢎘 gives the sound.

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