Definition of culprit in English:

culprit

noun ˈkʌlprɪt

1A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
罪犯，犯人；导致过错的人
the car's front nearside door had been smashed in but the culprits had fled
Example sentencesExamples
- Frowning, I glanced around the room trying to find the culprit responsible for interrupting my reading.
- In eight percent of the cases, the culprits plundered the victim's bank accounts.
- A shot was discharged and the culprit fled the scene.
- They caught the real culprit so here I am.
- Police say they are doing all they can to bring the culprits to justice.
- The culprits fled the scene by car, abandoning the stolen tractor at the scene.
- But it is not enough to identify likely culprits.
- The culprits behaved like seasoned thugs but claimed that they were guardians of law and order.
- The invaders are the real culprits in all cases.
- Despite numerous red herrings, there's no way to logically deduce the culprit's identity.
- A swift and thorough investigation must be launched to bring the culprits to justice.
- He said staff members were the main culprits in the theft of medicines from the public health centres.
- I don't recall the culprit ever been caught.
- It is only with the help of local people that police can crack down on the crime spree, catch the culprits and bring them to justice.
- Police and all concerned parties are working together to bring the culprit or culprits to justice.
- We have a cop who falls in love with a possible culprit in a murder mystery.
- Apparently, as a manager, it was his responsibility to chase down the offending culprit and resolve the situation.
- I have never heard any of the culprits being charged with any ‘crime’ whatsoever.
- He alerted a police patrol at the top of the road and officers quickly arrived, by which time the culprits had fled.
- The car is returned and the real culprits are identified.
Synonyms
guilty party, offender, wrongdoer, person responsible
criminal, malefactor, lawbreaker, felon, delinquent, reprobate
evil-doer, transgressor, sinner
informal baddy, bad guy, wrong 'un, crook, crim
Law malfeasant, misfeasor, infractor
archaic miscreant
1. 1.1 The cause of a problem or defect.
  问题（或缺点）的成因
  low-level ozone pollution is the real culprit
  低空的臭氧污染才是问题的真正根源。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Cooking odours are one of the main culprits that cause unpleasant household odours.
  But she said supermarkets were the real culprits for selling alcohol to under-age drinkers.
  Nobody seems to know the cause of the deaths but the water seems a likely culprit.
  What this book shows quite clearly is that the real culprit is the lack of political will.
  The real culprit is the unchecked fragmentation of land holdings in the rural areas.
  To identify the suspected viral culprits in both these cases, they needed a lot more infected leaves.
  The main culprits for all that racket are the muscles of the palate and the uvula.
  The real culprit is poverty, disease and starvation.
  The real culprit is the private sector, far too dependent on low wages in the place of investment.
  The real culprit, though, is the system of relegating three teams from Division One each season.
  The general public and scientists alike viewed electric power plants as the chief culprits.
  If the culprit is depleted uranium they are probably out of luck because any clean up would take a very long time and cost a lot of money.
  The person you see in that little mirror is the real culprit in the current crisis.
  A sinister, manipulative government and major corporate industries are exposed as the primary culprits.
  Digital photography and fewer people taking holidays appear to be the main culprits there.
  In this case the alleged villain is the drug companies but the real culprit is government.
  The doctors whispered that it was second-hand smoking, the worst culprit.

Origin

Late 17th century (originally in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown to a prisoner pleading not guilty): perhaps from a misinterpretation of the written abbreviation cul. prist for Anglo-Norman French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille '(You are) guilty: (We are) ready to prove our indictment'; in later use influenced by Latin culpa 'fault, blame'.

Formerly in England, when a prisoner in court pleaded not guilty the Clerk of the Crown said: ‘Culprit, how will you be tried?’ This expression, first recorded in 1678, may have started out as a mistake in reading the written abbreviation cul. prist., which stood for Old French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille, ‘(You are) guilty: (We are) ready to prove our indictment.’ Cul prit (later culprit) came to mean ‘a guilty person’. Use may have been influenced by culpable (Middle English) which comes from Latin culpa ‘fault, blame’.

Definition of culprit in US English:

culprit

noun

1A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
罪犯，犯人；导致过错的人
Example sentencesExamples
- They caught the real culprit so here I am.
- The invaders are the real culprits in all cases.
- He said staff members were the main culprits in the theft of medicines from the public health centres.
- The car is returned and the real culprits are identified.
- Police say they are doing all they can to bring the culprits to justice.
- The culprits fled the scene by car, abandoning the stolen tractor at the scene.
- In eight percent of the cases, the culprits plundered the victim's bank accounts.
- Apparently, as a manager, it was his responsibility to chase down the offending culprit and resolve the situation.
- We have a cop who falls in love with a possible culprit in a murder mystery.
- It is only with the help of local people that police can crack down on the crime spree, catch the culprits and bring them to justice.
- Despite numerous red herrings, there's no way to logically deduce the culprit's identity.
- I have never heard any of the culprits being charged with any ‘crime’ whatsoever.
- A shot was discharged and the culprit fled the scene.
- He alerted a police patrol at the top of the road and officers quickly arrived, by which time the culprits had fled.
- But it is not enough to identify likely culprits.
- Police and all concerned parties are working together to bring the culprit or culprits to justice.
- A swift and thorough investigation must be launched to bring the culprits to justice.
- I don't recall the culprit ever been caught.
- The culprits behaved like seasoned thugs but claimed that they were guardians of law and order.
- Frowning, I glanced around the room trying to find the culprit responsible for interrupting my reading.
Synonyms
guilty party, offender, wrongdoer, person responsible
1. 1.1 The cause of a problem or defect.
  问题（或缺点）的成因
  viruses could turn out to be the culprit
  Example sentencesExamples
  The real culprit is the private sector, far too dependent on low wages in the place of investment.
  What this book shows quite clearly is that the real culprit is the lack of political will.
  To identify the suspected viral culprits in both these cases, they needed a lot more infected leaves.
  A sinister, manipulative government and major corporate industries are exposed as the primary culprits.
  The real culprit is poverty, disease and starvation.
  The real culprit, though, is the system of relegating three teams from Division One each season.
  The person you see in that little mirror is the real culprit in the current crisis.
  But she said supermarkets were the real culprits for selling alcohol to under-age drinkers.
  The real culprit is the unchecked fragmentation of land holdings in the rural areas.
  The main culprits for all that racket are the muscles of the palate and the uvula.
  Cooking odours are one of the main culprits that cause unpleasant household odours.
  The doctors whispered that it was second-hand smoking, the worst culprit.
  The general public and scientists alike viewed electric power plants as the chief culprits.
  In this case the alleged villain is the drug companies but the real culprit is government.
  Nobody seems to know the cause of the deaths but the water seems a likely culprit.
  If the culprit is depleted uranium they are probably out of luck because any clean up would take a very long time and cost a lot of money.
  Digital photography and fewer people taking holidays appear to be the main culprits there.

Origin

Late 17th century (originally in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown to a prisoner pleading not guilty): perhaps from a misinterpretation of the written abbreviation cul. prist for Anglo-Norman French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille ‘(You are) guilty: (We are) ready to prove our indictment’; in later use influenced by Latin culpa ‘fault, blame’.

单词	culprit
释义	Definition of culprit in English: culprit noun ˈkʌlprɪt 1A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed. 罪犯，犯人；导致过错的人 the car's front nearside door had been smashed in but the culprits had fled Example sentencesExamples Frowning, I glanced around the room trying to find the culprit responsible for interrupting my reading. In eight percent of the cases, the culprits plundered the victim's bank accounts. A shot was discharged and the culprit fled the scene. They caught the real culprit so here I am. Police say they are doing all they can to bring the culprits to justice. The culprits fled the scene by car, abandoning the stolen tractor at the scene. But it is not enough to identify likely culprits. The culprits behaved like seasoned thugs but claimed that they were guardians of law and order. The invaders are the real culprits in all cases. Despite numerous red herrings, there's no way to logically deduce the culprit's identity. A swift and thorough investigation must be launched to bring the culprits to justice. He said staff members were the main culprits in the theft of medicines from the public health centres. I don't recall the culprit ever been caught. It is only with the help of local people that police can crack down on the crime spree, catch the culprits and bring them to justice. Police and all concerned parties are working together to bring the culprit or culprits to justice. We have a cop who falls in love with a possible culprit in a murder mystery. Apparently, as a manager, it was his responsibility to chase down the offending culprit and resolve the situation. I have never heard any of the culprits being charged with any ‘crime’ whatsoever. He alerted a police patrol at the top of the road and officers quickly arrived, by which time the culprits had fled. The car is returned and the real culprits are identified. Synonyms guilty party, offender, wrongdoer, person responsible criminal, malefactor, lawbreaker, felon, delinquent, reprobate evil-doer, transgressor, sinner informal baddy, bad guy, wrong 'un, crook, crim Law malfeasant, misfeasor, infractor archaic miscreant 1.1 The cause of a problem or defect. 问题（或缺点）的成因 low-level ozone pollution is the real culprit 低空的臭氧污染才是问题的真正根源。 Example sentencesExamples Cooking odours are one of the main culprits that cause unpleasant household odours. But she said supermarkets were the real culprits for selling alcohol to under-age drinkers. Nobody seems to know the cause of the deaths but the water seems a likely culprit. What this book shows quite clearly is that the real culprit is the lack of political will. The real culprit is the unchecked fragmentation of land holdings in the rural areas. To identify the suspected viral culprits in both these cases, they needed a lot more infected leaves. The main culprits for all that racket are the muscles of the palate and the uvula. The real culprit is poverty, disease and starvation. The real culprit is the private sector, far too dependent on low wages in the place of investment. The real culprit, though, is the system of relegating three teams from Division One each season. The general public and scientists alike viewed electric power plants as the chief culprits. If the culprit is depleted uranium they are probably out of luck because any clean up would take a very long time and cost a lot of money. The person you see in that little mirror is the real culprit in the current crisis. A sinister, manipulative government and major corporate industries are exposed as the primary culprits. Digital photography and fewer people taking holidays appear to be the main culprits there. In this case the alleged villain is the drug companies but the real culprit is government. The doctors whispered that it was second-hand smoking, the worst culprit. Origin Late 17th century (originally in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown to a prisoner pleading not guilty): perhaps from a misinterpretation of the written abbreviation cul. prist for Anglo-Norman French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille '(You are) guilty: (We are) ready to prove our indictment'; in later use influenced by Latin culpa 'fault, blame'. Formerly in England, when a prisoner in court pleaded not guilty the Clerk of the Crown said: ‘Culprit, how will you be tried?’ This expression, first recorded in 1678, may have started out as a mistake in reading the written abbreviation cul. prist., which stood for Old French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille, ‘(You are) guilty: (We are) ready to prove our indictment.’ Cul prit (later culprit) came to mean ‘a guilty person’. Use may have been influenced by culpable (Middle English) which comes from Latin culpa ‘fault, blame’. Definition of culprit in US English: culprit noun 1A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed. 罪犯，犯人；导致过错的人 Example sentencesExamples They caught the real culprit so here I am. The invaders are the real culprits in all cases. He said staff members were the main culprits in the theft of medicines from the public health centres. The car is returned and the real culprits are identified. Police say they are doing all they can to bring the culprits to justice. The culprits fled the scene by car, abandoning the stolen tractor at the scene. In eight percent of the cases, the culprits plundered the victim's bank accounts. Apparently, as a manager, it was his responsibility to chase down the offending culprit and resolve the situation. We have a cop who falls in love with a possible culprit in a murder mystery. It is only with the help of local people that police can crack down on the crime spree, catch the culprits and bring them to justice. Despite numerous red herrings, there's no way to logically deduce the culprit's identity. I have never heard any of the culprits being charged with any ‘crime’ whatsoever. A shot was discharged and the culprit fled the scene. He alerted a police patrol at the top of the road and officers quickly arrived, by which time the culprits had fled. But it is not enough to identify likely culprits. Police and all concerned parties are working together to bring the culprit or culprits to justice. A swift and thorough investigation must be launched to bring the culprits to justice. I don't recall the culprit ever been caught. The culprits behaved like seasoned thugs but claimed that they were guardians of law and order. Frowning, I glanced around the room trying to find the culprit responsible for interrupting my reading. Synonyms guilty party, offender, wrongdoer, person responsible 1.1 The cause of a problem or defect. 问题（或缺点）的成因 viruses could turn out to be the culprit Example sentencesExamples The real culprit is the private sector, far too dependent on low wages in the place of investment. What this book shows quite clearly is that the real culprit is the lack of political will. To identify the suspected viral culprits in both these cases, they needed a lot more infected leaves. A sinister, manipulative government and major corporate industries are exposed as the primary culprits. The real culprit is poverty, disease and starvation. The real culprit, though, is the system of relegating three teams from Division One each season. The person you see in that little mirror is the real culprit in the current crisis. But she said supermarkets were the real culprits for selling alcohol to under-age drinkers. The real culprit is the unchecked fragmentation of land holdings in the rural areas. The main culprits for all that racket are the muscles of the palate and the uvula. Cooking odours are one of the main culprits that cause unpleasant household odours. The doctors whispered that it was second-hand smoking, the worst culprit. The general public and scientists alike viewed electric power plants as the chief culprits. In this case the alleged villain is the drug companies but the real culprit is government. Nobody seems to know the cause of the deaths but the water seems a likely culprit. If the culprit is depleted uranium they are probably out of luck because any clean up would take a very long time and cost a lot of money. Digital photography and fewer people taking holidays appear to be the main culprits there. Origin Late 17th century (originally in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown to a prisoner pleading not guilty): perhaps from a misinterpretation of the written abbreviation cul. prist for Anglo-Norman French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille ‘(You are) guilty: (We are) ready to prove our indictment’; in later use influenced by Latin culpa ‘fault, blame’.
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