Phrase guide

war criminal

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person guilty of one or more war crimes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

an offender who violates international law during times of war

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wrongdoer, offender

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Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kriminel lufte — person guilty of war crimes
  • Arabic: مُجْرِم حَرْب (mujrim ḥarb) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Arabic: مُجْرِمَة حَرْب (mujrimat ḥarb) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Armenian: ռազմական հանցագործ (ṙazmakan hancʻagorc) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Azerbaijani: hərbi cinayətkar — person guilty of war crimes
  • Belarusian: вае́нны злачы́нец (vajénny zlačýnjec) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Belarusian: вае́нная злачы́нка (vajénnaja zlačýnka) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Bengali: যুদ্ধাপরাধী (juddhapradhi) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Bulgarian: вое́нен престъ́пник (voénen prestǎ́pnik) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Bulgarian: вое́нна престъ́пница (voénna prestǎ́pnica) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Bulgarian: вое́нна престъ́пничка (voénna prestǎ́pnička) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Burmese: စစ်တရားခံ (cacta.ra:hkam) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Catalan: criminal de guerra — person guilty of war crimes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 戰犯 /战犯 — person guilty of war crimes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰犯 /战犯 (zhànfàn) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Crimean Tatar: cenk cinayetçisi — person guilty of war crimes
  • Czech: válečný zločinec — person guilty of war crimes
  • Danish: krigsforbryder — person guilty of war crimes
  • Dutch: oorlogsmisdadiger — person guilty of war crimes
  • Estonian: sõjakurjategija — person guilty of war crimes
  • Finnish: sotarikollinen — person guilty of war crimes
  • French: criminel de guerre — person guilty of war crimes
  • French: criminelle de guerre — person guilty of war crimes
  • Georgian: ომის დამნაშავე (omis damnašave) — person guilty of war crimes
  • German: Kriegsverbrecher — person guilty of war crimes
  • German: Kriegsverbrecherin — person guilty of war crimes
  • Greek: εγκληματίας πολέμου (egklimatías polémou) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Hebrew: פּוֹשֵׁעַ מִלְחָמָה (poshé'a milkhamá) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Hindi: युद्धकालीन अपराधी (yuddhakālīn aprādhī) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Hindi: युद्ध का अपराधी (yuddh kā aprādhī) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Hungarian: háborús bűnös — person guilty of war crimes
  • Icelandic: stríðsglæpamaður — person guilty of war crimes
  • Indonesian: penjahat perang — person guilty of war crimes
  • Irish: coirpeach cogaidh — person guilty of war crimes
  • Italian: criminale di guerra — person guilty of war crimes
  • Japanese: 戦争犯罪者 (sensō hanzaisha) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Japanese: 戦犯 (senpan) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Kazakh: әскери қылмыскер (äskeri qylmysker) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Khmer: ឧក្រិដ្ឋជនសង្គ្រាម (ʼokkrətthaʼcŭən sɑɑsɑngkriəm) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Korean: 전쟁범죄인 (jeonjaengbeomjoein) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Korean: 전범 (jeonbeom) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Northern Kurdish: tawanbara şerî — person guilty of war crimes
  • Kyrgyz: согуш кылмышкери (soguş kılmışkeri) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Lao: ອາຊະຍາກອນສົງຄາມ (ʼā sa nyā kǭn song khām) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Latvian: kara noziedznieks — person guilty of war crimes
  • Lithuanian: karo nusikaltėlis — person guilty of war crimes
  • Macedonian: воен злосторник (voen zlostornik) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Macedonian: воена злосторничка (voena zlostornička) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Malay: penjenayah perang — person guilty of war crimes
  • Maltese: kriminali tal-gwerra — person guilty of war crimes
  • Mongolian: дайны гэмт хэрэгтэн (dajny gemt xeregten) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krigsforbryter — person guilty of war crimes
  • Pashto: جنګي مجرم (jangí mojrem) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Pashto: جنګي جنایتکار (jangí jenāyatkār) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Iranian Persian: جِنایَتْکارِ جَنْگی (jenâyatkâr-e jangi) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Iranian Persian: جِنایَتْکارِ حَرْبی (jenâyatkâr-e harbi) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Polish: zbrodniarz wojenny — person guilty of war crimes
  • Portuguese: criminoso de guerra — person guilty of war crimes
  • Romanian: criminal de război — person guilty of war crimes
  • Russian: вое́нный престу́пник (vojénnyj prestúpnik) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Russian: вое́нная престу́пница (vojénnaja prestúpnica) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Serbo-Croatian: ратни злочинац — person guilty of war crimes
  • Serbo-Croatian: ratni zločinac — person guilty of war crimes
  • Slovak: vojnový zločinec — person guilty of war crimes
  • Slovene: vojni zločinec — person guilty of war crimes
  • Spanish: criminal de guerra — person guilty of war crimes
  • Swedish: krigsförbrytare — person guilty of war crimes
  • Tajik: ҷинояткори ҷангӣ (jinoyatkor-i jangi) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Tajik: ҷинояткори ҳарбӣ (jinoyatkor-i harbi) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Tatar: сугыш җинаятьчесе (suğış cinayätçese) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Thai: อาชญากรสงคราม (àat-yaa-gɔɔn-sǒng-kraam) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Turkish: savaş suçlusu — person guilty of war crimes
  • Turkmen: uruş jenaýatçysy — person guilty of war crimes
  • Ukrainian: військови́й злочи́нець (vijsʹkovýj zločýnecʹ) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Ukrainian: військо́вий злочи́нець (vijsʹkóvyj zločýnecʹ) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Ukrainian: військова́ злочи́нниця (vijsʹková zločýnnycja) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Ukrainian: військо́ва злочи́нниця (vijsʹkóva zločýnnycja) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Urdu: جَن٘گی مُجْرِم (jaṅgī mujrim) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Uyghur: ئۇرۇش جىنايەتچىسى (urush jinayetchisi) — person guilty of war crimes
  • Uzbek: harbiy jinoyatchi — person guilty of war crimes
  • Uzbek: urush jinoyatchisi — person guilty of war crimes
  • Vietnamese: tội phạm chiến tranh — person guilty of war crimes
  • Yiddish: מלחמה־פֿאַרברעכער (milkhome-farbrekher) — person guilty of war crimes