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- Dictionaryculprit/ˈkʌlprɪt/
noun
- 1. a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed: "the car's front nearside door had been smashed in but the culprits had fled"
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CULPRIT definition: 1. someone who has done something wrong: 2. a fact or situation that is the reason for something…. Learn more.
The meaning of CULPRIT is one accused of or charged with a crime. How to use culprit in a sentence. Did you know?
Culprit definition: a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.. See examples of CULPRIT used in a sentence.
A culprit is a person who does something wrong, like committing a crime. When your wallet got stolen out of your pocket, there was a culprit to blame in the crowd. The word culprit comes from the Anglo French words cul prit, a contraction of culpable, which means "deserving blame."
CULPRIT definition: 1. someone who has done something wrong: 2. something that is responsible for a bad situation: . Learn more.
1. a person guilty of an offense or fault. 2. a person accused of or arraigned for an offense. [1670–80; traditionally explained as cul (representing Latin culpābilis guilty) + prit (representing Anglo-French prest ready), marking the prosecution as ready to prove the defendant's guilt]
The person who committed a crime or did something wrong can be referred to as the culprit.
Definition of culprit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. culprits. One charged with an offense or crime. American Heritage. A person guilty of a crime or offense; offender. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A person accused of a crime, esp. by arraignment before a law court. Webster's New World. Anything or anyone regarded as the cause of some problem, misfortune, etc. Webster's New World.
Definitions of 'culprit'. 1. When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as theculprit. [...] 2. When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause as theculprit. [...] More.
