culprit

ˈkʌlpɹɪt

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#1·7h ago

(UK, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.

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#2·7h ago

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

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

Origin: From cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilty: ready (to prove our case)', words used by prosecutor in opening a trial, mistaken in English for an address to the defendant. See culpable. It may have been influenced by. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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