Definition of Culprit

Culprit

One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge.

One quilty of a fault; a criminal.

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Accused, Arraigned, As, Before, Crime, Criminal, Fault, For, Judge, Of, One, Or

Culprit Quotations

I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.
Emanuel Ax

Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.
Claude Levi-Strauss

The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.
Susan George

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Culprit Translations

culprit in Dutch is dader, schuldige
culprit in German is Schuldige
culprit in Norwegian is gjerningsmann
culprit in Portuguese is culpado

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