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Meanings of culprit in English

Portuguese
culpado
Catalan
culpable
Spanish
responsable

Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing.

        culpado
        Usage of culprit in English
        1
        The culprit passed a sleepless night in the intolerable agony of lear.
        Rattlin the Reefer
        2
        That leaves demand as the more likely culprit behind crude's recent run-up.
        Reuters
        3
        But the main culprit, this new study confirms, is an observability bias.
        The Guardian
        4
        The main culprit is carbon dioxide, produced largely from burning fossil fuel.
        Reuters
        5
        The report did not specifically name any country as the main culprit.
        Reuters
        6
        But the real culprit is treated as the hero in a tragedy.
        Luther Examined and Reexamined / A Review of Catholic Criticism ...
        7
        Notice that the accomplice is punished more heavily than the principal culprit.
        Through the Iron Bars: Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium
        8
        It was the culprit that should have spoken, and spoken in time.
        History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
        9
        The choice to maintain car lanes at all costs is the culprit.
        The Irish Times
        10
        The Captain dismissed the quartermaster, and addressed himself sternly to the culprit.
        Where the Blue Begins
        11
        Reginald looked like the master, Leon like the culprit and the slave.
        The Living Link: A Novel
        12
        I am dishonored; and with a dishonored culprit your majesty cannot contend.
        Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
        13
        The police never did figure out how the culprit had broken in.
        The next to die
        14
        Ourahmoune seemed the major culprit but she did not lack for spirit.
        The Guardian
        15
        Still, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is vowing to find the culprit.
        Wired
        16
        Of those, more than 60 per cent identified ecstasy as the culprit.
        News.com.au
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        Culprit through the time
        Culprit across language varieties
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