执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement 逃犯 táo fàn escaped criminal / fugitive from the law syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 通缉犯 通緝犯 tōng jī fàn wanted criminal / fugitive (from the law) 严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn 起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 以身试法 以身試法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn 贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law syn 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law 习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 刑事拘留 xíng shì jū liú to detain as criminal / criminal detention 刑拘 xíng jū to detain as criminal / criminal detention / abbr. for 刑事拘留[xing2 shi4 ju1 liu2] 审结 審結 shěn jié (law) to try (a criminal case) and reach a conclusion syn 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 逍遥自在 逍遙自在 xiāo yáo zì zai free and at leisure (idiom) / unfettered / outside the reach of the law (of criminal) / at large syn 执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly syn 刑事警察 xíng shì jǐng chá criminal police / member of the criminal police 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 罪犯 zuì fàn criminal syn 指控 zhǐ kòng accusation / a (criminal) charge / to accuse syn 检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor / public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) syn 犯人 fàn rén convict / prisoner / criminal syn 嫌犯 xián fàn criminal suspect 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 黑帮 黑幫 hēi bāng bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate syn 前科 qián kē criminal record / previous convictions 刑事 xíng shì criminal / penal syn 团伙 團伙 tuán huǒ (criminal) gang / gang member / accomplice / crony syn 处决 處決 chǔ jué to execute (a condemned criminal) syn 罪案 zuì àn a criminal case 通缉 通緝 tōng jī to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted syn 黑社会 黑社會 hēi shè huì criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate syn 刑警 xíng jǐng criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察[xing2 shi4 jing3 cha2]) 出没 出沒 chū mò to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 在逃 zài táo to be at large (of a criminal) 罪魁祸首 罪魁禍首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster syn 公诉 公訴 gōng sù public prosecution / criminal prosecution 要犯 yào fàn major criminal syn 战犯 戰犯 zhàn fàn war criminal syn 惯犯 慣犯 guàn fàn recidivist / habitual criminal 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest / to catch a criminal syn 落网 落網 luò wǎng (of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured syn 破获 破獲 pò huò to uncover (a criminal plot) / to break open and capture syn 少年犯 shào nián fàn young criminal / juvenile delinquent 感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn 人犯 rén fàn criminal / culprit / suspect (old) syn 刑侦 刑偵 xíng zhēn criminal investigation syn 匪帮 匪幫 fěi bāng gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) syn 刑事犯罪 xíng shì fàn zuì criminal offense 贼船 賊船 zéi chuán pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction 查处 查處 chá chǔ to investigate and handle (a criminal case) syn 重犯 zhòng fàn serious criminal / felon 查办 查辦 chá bàn to investigate and handle (a criminal case) syn 疑凶 疑兇 yí xiōng suspected of murder / criminal suspect syn 查抄 chá chāo to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions / to search and confiscate (forbidden items) / to raid syn 查获 查獲 chá huò to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) syn 发案 發案 fā àn occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act) / to take place / to occur / to advertise freelance work 先斩后奏 先斬後奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom) / fig. to take some drastic action without the prior approval of higher authorities 罪魁 zuì kuí criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem syn 犯罪嫌疑人 fàn zuì xián yí rén criminal 刑事责任 刑事責任 xíng shì zé rèn criminal responsibility 民事诉讼 民事訴訟 mín shì sù sòng common plea / civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case) 犯罪行为 犯罪行為 fàn zuì xíng wéi criminal activity 恶势力 惡勢力 è shì lì evil forces / criminal elements syn 大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal) 刑事诉讼法 刑事訴訟法 xíng shì sù sòng fǎ criminal procedure 刑事诉讼 刑事訴訟 xíng shì sù sòng criminal proceeding 事主 shì zhǔ victim (of a criminal) / party involved (in a dispute etc) / main instigator syn 甲级战犯 甲級戰犯 jiǎ jí zhàn fàn a grade A war criminal 犯罪者 fàn zuì zhě criminal / perpetrator 司寇 sī kòu minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China) 累犯 lěi fàn to repeatedly commit an offense / repeat offender / habitual criminal / recidivist / recidivism 案底 àn dǐ criminal record 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn 法律 fǎ lǜ law / CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4] syn 法庭 fǎ tíng court of law syn 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 亲 親 qìng parents-in-law of one's offspring syn 无辜 無辜 wú gū innocent / innocence / not guilty (law) syn 法院 fǎ yuàn court of law / court syn 违反 違反 wéi fǎn to violate (a law) syn 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn 违法 違法 wéi fǎ illegal / to break the law syn 委托人 wěi tuō rén (law) client / trustor syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 裁判 cái pàn (law) to judge / to adjudicate / verdict / judgement / (sports) to referee / (sports) umpire / referee / judge syn 证物 證物 zhèng wù exhibit (law) syn 法案 fǎ àn bill / proposed law syn 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 