noun · rare

culprit

culprit · culprits

зловмисник, порушник, винуватець

обвиняемый, подозреваемый, подсудимый, виновник

Täter, Übeltäter, Beschuldigter, Schuldiger

The person or thing at fault for a problem or crimeThe person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.

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/ˈkʌlpɹɪt/

» Tom is the culprit.

Винуватець — Том.

Злодій — це Том.

Meaning

2 senses

The 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
(UK)A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
подозреваемыйpodozrevajemyj, подследственныйpodsledstvennyj

More definitions

someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

Examples

42 sentences

Tom is the culprit.
Винуватець — Том.
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I'm sure the culprit is Tom.
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The culprit hasn't yet been arrested.
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We haven't yet found the culprit.
ruМы ещё не нашли виновника.
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I'm sure that the culprit is Tom.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

person or thing at fault of problem or crime:

person accused but not yet tried:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

person or thing at fault of problem or crime:

Origin

From Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guil

From 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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