確信犯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
確	信	犯
かく Grade: 5	しん Grade: 4	はん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

確(かく)信(しん)犯(はん) • (kakushinhan) 

1. someone imprisoned or prosecuted for what he himself do not consider evil or unjust (e.g. a prisoner of conscience, a prisoner of war, a performer of religious violence)
2. (sometimes proscribed) someone doing something wrong intentionally, rather than by neglect or mistake