OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22963

culprit

/ˈkʌlpɹɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
culpable • nocente
The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
Another sits beneath the purple canopy—a lady, but alone. The diadem is on her cold and haughty brow; there is no pity in her stern aspect, and the smile on her lip bodes death. Be…
I have tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.
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