culprit

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
  2. (UK) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈkʌlpɹɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

From Anglo-Norman 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 Latin culpa (“blame, fault”).

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