culprit

English

Etymology

From Latin culpa, fault via French cul prit

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

culprit (plural culprits)

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

   I tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.

   • 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, BBC Sport:

     But the Dutch dominated only to waste numerous efforts, with Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie the main culprits.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:criminal

Related terms

• culpable
• mea culpa

Translations

culprit

• Bulgarian: обвиняем (bg) (obvinjaem) m, подсъдим (bg) (podsǎdim) m
• Dutch: schuldige (nl), dader (nl) c
• French: coupable (fr) m and f
• German: Schuldiger (de) m, Täter (de) m, Übeltäter (de) m, Beschuldigter (de) m, Missetäter (de) m, (law) Beklagter (de) m
• Indonesian: pembuat ulah (id)
• Italian: colpevole (it), reo (it) m

• Portuguese: causa (pt) f
• Russian: виновник (ru) (vinóvnik) m, обвиняемый (ru) (obvinjájemyj) m, подсудимый (ru) (podsudímyj) m
• Serbo-Croatian: krivac (sh), vinovnik (sh)
• Spanish: culpable (es) m
• Swedish: gärningsman (sv) c, brottsling (sv) c, förövare (sv) c
• Turkish: sanık (tr), suçlu (tr), zanlı (tr), mücrim (tr), hükümlü (tr)