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culprit
[ kuhl-prit ]
/ ËkÊl prÉȘt /
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noun
a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.
a person arraigned for an offense.
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Words nearby culprit
culpa, culpability, culpable, culpable homicide, Culpeper, culprit, cult, cultch, cultellus, cultic, cultigen
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British Dictionary definitions for culprit
culprit
/ (ËkÊlprÉȘt) /
noun
law a person awaiting trial, esp one who has pleaded not guilty
the person responsible for a particular offence, misdeed, etc
Word Origin for culprit
C17: from Anglo-French cul-, short for culpable guilty + prit ready, indicating that the prosecution was ready to prove the guilt of the one charged
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