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 [ˈkʌlprɪt]

n

1. (Law) Law a person awaiting trial, esp one who has pleaded not guilty

2. the person responsible for a particular offence, misdeed, etc.

[from Anglo-French cul-, short for culpable guilty + prit ready, indicating that the prosecution was ready to prove the guilt of the one charged]

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, malefactor, evildoer, transgressor The real culprits in the fight have not yet been identified.

Translations

culprit [ˈkʌlprɪt] N → culpable mf (Jur) → acusado/a m/f

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culprit [ˈkʌlprɪt] n

(= guilty person) → coupable mf

(= cause) → cause f

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culprit

n → Schuldige(r) mf; (Jur) → Täter(in) m(f); (inf) (= person causing trouble) → Übeltäter(in) m(f); (= thing causing trouble) → Übeltäter m

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culprit [ˈkʌlprɪt] n → colpevole 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 범인, 용의자 kaltininkas, prasikaltėlis vainīgais; apsūdzētais petualang schuldige ugjerningsmann, forbryter winowajca, sprawca culpado vinovat виновный vinník krivec krivac brottsling, gärningsman, den skyldige ผู้กระทำความผิด suçlu 犯過者 злочинець, винуватець مجرم thủ phạm 犯过失者

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culprit → مُذْنِب viník gerningsmand Täter υπαίτιος culpable syyllinen coupable krivac colpevole 犯罪者 범인 dader skurk winowajca acusado, culpado обвиняемый missdådare ผู้กระทำความผิด fail thủ phạm 刑事被告