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    [Noun]  | "cul*prit" | \ ˈkəl-prət \


    1: one accused of or charged with a crime

    2: one guilty of a crime or a fault

    3: the source or cause of a problem


    Origin: 1678 ;

     Anglo-French cul. (abbreviation of culpable guilty) + prest, prit ready (i.e., to prove it), from Latin praestus{mat|presto|};

    [Noun]  | "culprit" 


    1: a person who has committed a crime;


      * e.g., " ... the police caught the culprit a mere two blocks from the scene of the crime "



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