窜犯

竄犯
cuànfàn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to make a raid
  2. 2 to launch an incursion (of bandits or small enemy forces)

Examples

Jǐ gǔ tǔfěi cuànfàn biānjìng cūnzhuāng.
Several bands of bandits raided the border villages.
Díjūn qǐtú cuànfàn wǒ hòufāng zhèndì.
The enemy attempted to raid our rear positions.

Tips

register
Strongly pejorative — official military and police language for an incursion treated as illegitimate (bandits, separatists, smugglers). For a regular military invasion, 入侵 (rùqīn) is the neutral term.
memory
'flee/sneak about' + 'transgress' — sneaking-and-trespassing, the framing always portrays the intruders as cornered and lawless.

Stroke Order

cuàn
fàn