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Meanings of culpable in English

Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.

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Usage of culpable in English
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EWN report that police have now opened a case of culpable homicide.
The South African
2
Perhaps not actively involved, perhaps not even consciously involved, but still culpable.
Creature
3
Cases of culpable homicide and negligent driving were being investigated, Ntuli said.
The South African
4
Your age doesn't exonerate you from being held culpable for your actions.
Ebony
5
It pronounced them discreet if culpable; probably cold to the passion both.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
6
It was more than culpable, in that it verged on the absurd.
The Wild Olive: A Novel
7
And I often think now, we were culpable not to do so.
Never let me go
8
The replacement Andrey Arshavin, was culpable as United scored a late winner.
The Guardian
9
They are not all culpable in the same degree, far from it.
World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
10
In this he was culpable, and paid the forfeit with his life.
Elements of Military Art and Science / Or, Course Of Instruction...
11
The views of the last cannot be upright, and must be culpable.
The Federalist Papers
12
They each deny wrongdoing but their readiness to benefit was damningly culpable.
The Irish Times
13
He was found guilty of culpable inefficiency and relieved of his command.
The new yorker
14
Oscar Pistorius was eventually charged with culpable homicide, on very debatable grounds.
The South African
15
Further, in addition to her culpable demure innocency, Marguerite was wearing black.
The Roll-Call
16
Duduzane was charged with negligent driving and two counts of culpable homicide.
The South African
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