culprit
noun
a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.
culprits
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pluralof culprit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Many of the culprits then were the same as those still driving extinctions across the nation today.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The biggest culprits were young Israelis, the report found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
There are more obvious culprits for HHS’s failure to protect Americans from this outbreak.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Listing agents are also culprits in this pattern, as they want to work with the celebrity and oblige their unrealistic expectations,” he explains.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
His culprits are the physical changes in those years affecting East and West Baltimore, the heavily depressed neighborhoods on either side of Baltimore’s downtown, where the syphilis problem was centered.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
