Plus there is another problem that the viruses pose—the problem that apparently is the culprit this year—they evolve.
In both cases, the culprit is one perceived to be “the Other”: gays, the African president, whatever.
The other culprit, of course, is the one misanthropic jerk who reported “several hundred” names to the Facebook robot.
Personally, I support their efforts to find the culprit or the culprits.
That leaves one other improbable but ultimately most likely culprit: a high-mass, low-temperature white dwarf.
There was a refreshing novelty in this case, where one of themselves was the culprit.
I passed through the gossiping crowd with bread and water for my culprit.
She looked like a culprit whom direst vengeance had overtaken at last.
No culprit was ever required to bear witness against himself!
The misunderstanding was an unfortunate affair for the culprit.
1670s, from Anglo-French cul prit, contraction of Culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) "guilty, ready (to prove our case)," words used by prosecutor in opening a trial. It seems the abbreviation cul. prit was mistaken in English for an address to the defendant.
