罪を犯す (commit a crime)

The set verb-object collocation 罪を犯す ('to commit a crime, commit a sin'). 罪 covers both the legal sense (crime) and the moral/religious sense (sin) — a single Japanese word for both English categories. 犯す ('to commit, violate') pairs with various nouns: 罪, 法 ('law'), タブー ('taboo').