culp
rit
Plural
culprits
1
a person who is responsible for a crime or wrongdoing
- The police caught the culprit behind the robbery.
- The culprit confessed to stealing the car.
- Investigators worked hard to identify the culprit.
- They arrested the culprit shortly after the crime was reported.
- The culprit left fingerprints at the scene of the burglary.
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