culprit

  • 31culprit — [ˈkʌlprɪt] noun [C] 1) someone who is responsible for doing something bad or illegal 2) the cause of something bad that happens …

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  • 32culprit — cul•prit [[t]ˈkʌl prɪt[/t]] n. 1) a person guilty of an offense or fault 2) law a person accused of or arraigned for an offense • Etymology: 1670–80; traditionally explained as cul (repr. L culpābilis guilty) +prit (repr. AF prest ready), marking …

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  • 33culprit — /ˈkʌlprət / (say kulpruht) noun 1. a person arraigned for an offence. 2. someone guilty of or responsible for a specified offence or fault. {origin uncertain; traditionally explained as from Latin cul(pābilis), guilty + Anglo French pri(s)t ready …

  • 34culprit — One accused or charged with commission of crime. Also, commonly used to mean one guilty of a crime or fault. Blackstone believes this term to be an abbreviation of the old forms of arraignment, whereby, on the prisoner s pleading not guilty, the… …

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  • 35culprit — One accused or charged with commission of crime. Also, commonly used to mean one guilty of a crime or fault. Blackstone believes this term to be an abbreviation of the old forms of arraignment, whereby, on the prisoner s pleading not guilty, the… …

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  • 36culprit — A person brought into court as accused of crime. A formal word announced by the clerk of assize or clerk of arraigns as a replication viva voce on behalf of the king when a prisoner had pleaded not guilty, thus replying to this plea in the two… …

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  • 37culprit worm — an artificial plastic worm with a ribbon tail, originally manufactured by a company of that name …

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