culprit

cul·prit  (klprt)

n.

1. One charged with an offense or crime.

2. One guilty of a fault or crime.

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[Probably from cul. prit, abbreviation for Anglo-Norman *culpable: prit d'averrer nostre bille, guilty: (I am) ready to aver our indictment : culpable, guilty (from Latin culpbilis; see culpable) + *prit, ready (variant of prest, from Latin praest; see presto).]

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culprit

Noun

the person guilty of an offence or misdeed [Anglo-French culpable guilty + prit ready]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

culprit - someone who perpetrates wrongdoing   perpetrator offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law

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culprit

noun offender, criminal, villain, sinner, delinquent, felon, person responsible, guilty party, wrongdoer, miscreant, evildoer, transgressor

Translations

culprit [ˈkʌlprɪt] n → culpable m/f

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culprit [ˈkʌlprɪt] n → coupable m/f

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culprit [ˈkʌlprɪt] n → Täter(in) m(f)

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culprit [ˈkʌlprɪt] n → colpevole m/f

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culprit

n culprit [ˈkalprit]

a person responsible for something wrong, unpleasant etc As soon as he saw the broken window he began to look for the culprit. skuldige, boosdoener, dader, beskuldigde مُذنِب، آثِم، مُتَّهَم بِجَريمَـه виновник viník, pachatel gerningsmand der/die Schuldige ένοχος culpable, acusado süüdlane مجرم؛ متخلف syyllinen coupable הָאָשֵם दोषी krivac bűnös, tettes biang keladi sökudólgur colpevole 犯人 용의자, 죄인 kaltininkas, prasikaltėlis vainīgais; apsūdzētais petualang schuldige ugjerningsmann, forbryter winowajca, sprawca culpado vinovat виновный vinník krivec krivac brottsling, gärningsman, den skyldige ผู้กระทำความผิด suçlu 犯過失者 злочинець, винуватець مجرم thủ phạm 犯过失者