Definition of culprit Culprit
/kʌˈlpɹɪt/ - [kulprit] - cul•prit
We found 8 definitions of culprit from 7 different sources.
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What does culprit mean?
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| culprit - someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | ||
| perpetrator | ||
| offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- culprit (p. p.)
One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge. - culprit (p. p.)
One quilty of a fault; a criminal.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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culprit
A person who is guilty of a fault or crime.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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culprit
kul′prit, n. one in fault: a criminal: (Eng. law) a prisoner accused but not yet tried. [From the fusion in legal phraseology of cul. (culpable, culpabilis), and prit, prist (O. Fr. prest), ready. Not culpate—law L. culpatus, a person accused.]
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- A culprit is a person who commits a crime. If someone robs a person, the robber is the culprit, while the person who was robbed is the victim.
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🔤- culprit, noun, singular of culprits.
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