Definition of: culprit

(kul′prit) noun
1. A guilty person; criminal.
2. In old English law, one charged with crime, but not yet convicted. [<AF cul prit, short for culpable guilty (<L culpabilis) + prit ready for trial <OF prist, prest <L praesto at hand; orig., prosecutor's reply to plea of “not guilty”]

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culprit responsible
obvious culprit
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common culprit

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