Meanings
Translations
Arabic مُجْرِم حَرْب, مُجْرِمَة حَرْب
- مُجْرِم حَرْب (mujrim ḥarb)person guilty of war crimes
- مُجْرِمَة حَرْب (mujrimat ḥarb)person guilty of war crimes
Bengali যুদ্ধাপরাধী
- যুদ্ধাপরাধী (juddhapradhi)person guilty of war crimes
Bulgarian вое́нен престъ́пник, вое́нна престъ́пница
- вое́нен престъ́пник (voénen prestắpnik)person guilty of war crimes
- вое́нна престъ́пница (voénna prestắpnica)person guilty of war crimes
- вое́нна престъ́пничка (voénna prestắpnička)person guilty of war crimes
Catalan criminal de guerra
- criminal de guerraperson guilty of war crimes
Chinese Cantonese 戰犯 /战犯
- 戰犯 /战犯person guilty of war crimes
Chinese Mandarin 戰犯 /战犯
- 戰犯 /战犯 (zhànfàn)person guilty of war crimes
Czech válečný zločinec
- válečný zločinecperson guilty of war crimes
Danish krigsforbryder
- krigsforbryderperson guilty of war crimes
Dutch oorlogsmisdadiger
- oorlogsmisdadigerperson guilty of war crimes
Estonian sõjakurjategija
- sõjakurjategijaperson guilty of war crimes
Finnish sotarikollinen
- sotarikollinenperson guilty of war crimes
French criminel de guerre, criminelle de guerre
- criminel de guerreperson guilty of war crimes
- criminelle de guerreperson guilty of war crimes
German Kriegsverbrecher, Kriegsverbrecherin
- Kriegsverbrecherperson guilty of war crimes
- Kriegsverbrecherinperson guilty of war crimes
Greek εγκληματίας πολέμου
- εγκληματίας πολέμου (egklimatías polémou)person guilty of war crimes
Hebrew פּוֹשֵׁעַ מִלְחָמָה
- פּוֹשֵׁעַ מִלְחָמָה (poshé'a milkhamá)person guilty of war crimes
Hindi युद्धकालीन अपराधी, युद्ध का अपराधी
- युद्धकालीन अपराधी (yuddhakālīn aprādhī)person guilty of war crimes
- युद्ध का अपराधी (yuddh kā aprādhī)person guilty of war crimes
Hungarian háborús bűnös
- háborús bűnösperson guilty of war crimes
Icelandic stríðsglæpamaður
- stríðsglæpamaðurperson guilty of war crimes
Indonesian penjahat perang
- penjahat perangperson guilty of war crimes
Irish coirpeach cogaidh
- coirpeach cogaidhperson guilty of war crimes
Italian criminale di guerra
- criminale di guerraperson guilty of war crimes
Japanese 戦争犯罪者, 戦犯
- 戦争犯罪者 (sensō hanzaisha)person guilty of war crimes
- 戦犯 (senpan)person guilty of war crimes
Korean 전쟁범죄인, 전범
- 전쟁범죄인 (jeonjaengbeomjoein)person guilty of war crimes
- 전범 (jeonbeom)person guilty of war crimes
Latvian kara noziedznieks
- kara noziedznieksperson guilty of war crimes
Lithuanian karo nusikaltėlis
- karo nusikaltėlisperson guilty of war crimes
Malay penjenayah perang
- penjenayah perangperson guilty of war crimes
Norwegian Bokmål krigsforbryter
- krigsforbryterperson guilty of war crimes
Polish zbrodniarz wojenny
- zbrodniarz wojennyperson guilty of war crimes
Portuguese criminoso de guerra
- criminoso de guerraperson guilty of war crimes
Romanian criminal de război
- criminal de războiperson guilty of war crimes
Russian вое́нный престу́пник, вое́нная престу́пница
- вое́нный престу́пник (vojénnyj prestúpnik)person guilty of war crimes
- вое́нная престу́пница (vojénnaja prestúpnica)person guilty of war crimes
Slovak vojnový zločinec
- vojnový zločinecperson guilty of war crimes
Spanish criminal de guerra
- criminal de guerraperson guilty of war crimes
Swedish krigsförbrytare
- krigsförbrytareperson guilty of war crimes
Thai อาชญากรสงคราม
- อาชญากรสงคราม (àat-yaa-gɔɔn-sǒng-kraam)person guilty of war crimes
Turkish savaş suçlusu
- savaş suçlusuperson guilty of war crimes
Ukrainian військови́й злочи́нець, військо́вий злочи́нець
- військови́й злочи́нець (vijsʹkovýj zločýnecʹ)person guilty of war crimes
- військо́вий злочи́нець (vijsʹkóvyj zločýnecʹ)person guilty of war crimes
- військова́ злочи́нниця (vijsʹková zločýnnycja)person guilty of war crimes
- військо́ва злочи́нниця (vijsʹkóva zločýnnycja)person guilty of war crimes
Urdu جَن٘گی مُجْرِم
- جَن٘گی مُجْرِم (jaṅgī mujrim)person guilty of war crimes
Vietnamese tội phạm chiến tranh
- tội phạm chiến tranhperson guilty of war crimes
Yiddish מלחמה־פֿאַרברעכער
- מלחמה־פֿאַרברעכער (milkhome-farbrekher)person guilty of war crimes
Cite this entry
APA
war criminal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20criminal
MLA
“war criminal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20criminal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “war criminal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20criminal.
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