culprit
The person or thing at fault for a problem or crimeThe person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
» We haven't yet found the culprit.
Мы ещё не нашли виновника.
Значение
значений: 2The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
I have tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.
Beschuldigter, Missetäter, Schuldiger
вино́вникvinóvnik, обвиня́емыйobvinjájemyj, подсуди́мыйpodsudímyj
(Британия)A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
подозреваемыйpodozrevajemyj, подследственныйpodsledstvennyj
- someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
Примеры
предложений: 42We haven't yet found the culprit.
Мы ещё не нашли виновника. — Ooneykcall
I'm sure the culprit is Tom.
The culprit hasn't yet been arrested.
I'm sure that the culprit is Tom.
Who were the culprits?
deWer waren die Übeltäter? — Yorwba
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 2
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilFrom Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilty: ready (to prove our case)', words used by prosecutor in opening a trial, mistaken in English for an address to the defendant. See culpable. It may have been influenced by Latin culpa (“blame, fault”).
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Формы
мн. число: culpritsСинонимы
синонимов: 1- someone who perpetrates wrongdoing:perpetrator