culprit
Senso (Inglese)
- The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
- (UK) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
Concetti
sinonimi
guilty person
chief instigator
head a conspiracy
important one
accused person
out-law
wicked man
stirrer-up
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Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈkʌlpɹɪt/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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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