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Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.
Claude Levi-Strauss

Meaning of "culprit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CULPRIT

From Anglo-French cul-, short for culpable guilty + prit ready, indicating that the prosecution was ready to prove the guilt of the one charged.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CULPRIT

culprit  [ˈkʌlprɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULPRIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Culprit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CULPRIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of culprit in the English dictionary

The definition of culprit in the dictionary is a person awaiting trial, esp one who has pleaded not guilty. Other definition of culprit is the person responsible for a particular offence, misdeed, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CULPRIT


accurate
ˈækjərɪt
bowsprit
ˈbəʊsprɪt
brit
brɪt
britt
brɪt
corporate
ˈkɔːpərɪt
deliberate
dɪˈlɪbərɪt
desperate
ˈdɛspərɪt
elaborate
ɪˈlæbərɪt
favourite
ˈfeɪvərɪt
inaccurate
ɪnˈækjʊrɪt
interpret
ɪnˈtɜːprɪt
merit
ˈmɛrɪt
misinterpret
ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt
moderate
ˈmɒdərɪt
pirate
ˈpaɪrɪt
portrait
ˈpɔːtrɪt
reinterpret
ˌriːɪnˈtɜːprɪt
secret
ˈsiːkrɪt
spirit
ˈspɪrɪt
sprit
sprɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CULPRIT

culottes
culpa
culpability
culpable
culpable homicide
culpableness
culpably
culpae
culpatory
Culpeper
culs-de-sac
cult
cult figure
cult film
cult following
cult movie
cultch
culti
cultic
cultigen

WORDS THAT END LIKE CULPRIT

amrit
bel esprit
esprit
fighting spirit
figure of merit
free spirit
frit
grit
hematocrit
holiday spirit
Holy Spirit
inherit
jeu d´esprit
jeux desprit
Nayarit
Sanskrit
team spirit
the Spirit
Tikrit
writ

Synonyms and antonyms of culprit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CULPRIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «culprit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of culprit

Translation of «culprit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CULPRIT

Find out the translation of culprit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of culprit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «culprit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

刑事被告
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

culpable
570 millions of speakers

English

culprit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपराधी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُذْنِب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обвиняемый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acusado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিযুক্ত ব্যক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coupable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pelakunya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Täter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

犯罪者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

범인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Culprit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thủ phạm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குற்றவாளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुन्हेगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suçlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colpevole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

winowajca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

винуватець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inculpat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπαίτιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuldige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

missdådare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skurk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of culprit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CULPRIT»

The term «culprit» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.742 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CULPRIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «culprit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «culprit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about culprit

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6 QUOTES WITH «CULPRIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word culprit.
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Emanuel Ax
I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.
2
Paul Broun
We have got to protect privacy rights. We have got to protect our God-given, constitutionally protected civil liberties, and we are not doing that in the federal government. The Department of Homeland Security, as well as the TSA, is a great culprit in being a Gestapo-type organization.
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Jeff Cohen
Puberty was the main culprit in ending my acting career. I went from being kind of this chunky little kid to looking different, and I was really bummed because I loved acting.
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Debbie Ford
Fear is the culprit that robs us of our greatest lives. And although it's mostly made up or a learned behavior from our past, almost everybody I've ever met in my life struggles with fear.
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Susan George
The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.
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Claude Levi-Strauss
Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULPRIT»

Discover the use of culprit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to culprit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dealing With Food Allergies: A Practical Guide to Detecting ...
A guide to identifying and avoiding food allergies describes the effects of certain foods on the the skin, mucous membranes, respiratory system, and digestion while offering advice on how to retool a diet to avoid the offending substances.
Janice M. Vickerstaff Joneja, 2003
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3rd Culprit: An Annual of Crime Stories
A collection of short mysteries brings together contributions by such popular authors as Sarah Caudwell, H. R. F. Keating, Ian Rankin, and Donald E. Westlake, as well as several newcomers to the mystery scene. Reprint. AB. K. PW.
Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin, Peter Lovesey, 1996
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The Culprit: A Florida Story
Riddled with darkly comic episodes, dashes of radical environmentalism, monsters real or perhaps imagined, and outrageous truths, The Culprit is a quirky testimony to the enduring potentials of life, love, and the pursuit of sanity.
Rich McKee, 2013
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The Culprit & the Cure: Why Lifestyle is the Culprit Behind ...
Why Lifestyle is the Culprit Behind America's Poor Health and how Transforming that Lifestyle Can be the Cure Steven G. Aldana. "I'm pregnant or nursing." • If you were physically active when you became pregnant, there are rarely any ...
Steven G. Aldana, 2005
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The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems
THE CULPRIT FAT. An Illustrated Edition. 0 — In Press, and to be published in a few days, a new and charming Christmas edition of "The Culprit Fay," profusely illustrated with nearly one hundred • exquisite illustrations by Lumloy.
Joseph Rodman Drake, 1865
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2nd Culprit: An Annual of Crime Stories
A crime-lover's collection of short stories includes works by such notable authors as Robert Barnard, Antonia Fraser, Reginald Hill, Peter Lovesey, Sue Grafton, Ellis Peters, and Tony Hillerman. Reprint. K. PW.
Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin, 1995
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An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology
Some of the best evidence for this relative strategy comes from the behaviour of participant-witnesses who view a staged or video crime and then attempt to identify the culprit (see for example Wells, 1993). In these studies, the experimenter ...
‎2005
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Identification Procedures in a Disguised Culprit Scenario
The effects of context reinstatement techniques and lineup procedures on identification accuracy rates in a disguised culprit scenario were investigated.
William Nathan Pitts, 2007
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1st culprit: a Crime Writers' Association annual
Gathers mystery stories by Ruth Rendell, Catherine Aird, Simon Brett, Sara Paretsky, H.R.F. Keating, and Dick Francis 'Ruth Rendell, with a new Wexford story, and Dick Francis, with a cunning racetrack heist, lead the field in this superb ...
Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin, 1994
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The Crime of the Culprit Fay: Introductory to Drake's Poem ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Harry Lyman Koopman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULPRIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term culprit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Culprit Known in New Jersey DDOS Attack
New Jersey gaming officials believe they know the identity of the hacker responsible for a cyber attack on a handful of Garden State gaming ... «Poker Update - Online Poker News, Jul 15»
2
AG vows to hunt down culprit behind leak
Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail has called for a thorough probe to determine who leaked documents relating to an ongoing investigation to ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
3
AMD Tracks Down Culprit of Noisy Fury X Cards, Fixes Problem
If you were interested in buying a Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card and were lucky enough to find one in stock, you might have been ... «Maximum PC, Jul 15»
4
Hacking Team data theft culprit exposed
screen-shot-2015-07-06-at-12-10- The cyberattacker who stole 400GB in corporate data belonging to spyware firm Hacking Team has come ... «ZDNet, Jul 15»
5
Vulnerability to heart disease is the biggest culprit behind Men's …
According to a study, appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in the 20th century, women live longer than ... «Odisha Samaya, Jul 15»
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Hunt is on for culprit who shot moggy Alfie
A Whaplode family has been left heartbroken after its pet tabby cat was shot at the weekend. Four-year-old ginger and white cat Alfie needed ... «Spalding Guardian, Jul 15»
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Go ahead. Blame the sun. But you may be the culprit
155840 sr-organic1118 11/13/08 Since joining Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Phoenix in August 2007, landscape manager Joshua Johnson, ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
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Parents say he is innocent; 'real culprit at large'
They alleged that he was being framed since the real culprit could not be traced. Shaikh's father Abdul retired from a private firm and helps ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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4-year-old raped, culprit arrested
Tura: A four-year-old girl was raped by a man from her own village in North Garo Hills district on July 1st and the Mahari (clan) of the perpetrator ... «The Shillong Times, Jul 15»
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Making a 'victim' out of the culprit
This attitude of state organs is nothing more than a reflection of our society that as a whole keeps finding 'reasons' behind sex crimes, which ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

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