culprit
21culprit — n. a person accused of or guilty of an offence. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown to a prisoner pleading Not Guilty: perh. abbr. of AF Culpable: prest d averrer etc. (You are) …
22culprit — noun Etymology: Anglo French cul. (abbreviation of culpable guilty) + prest, prit ready (i.e., to prove it), from Latin praestus more at presto Date: 1678 1. one accused of or charged with a crime 2. one guilty of a crime or a fault 3. the source …
23culprit — /kul prit/, n. 1. a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault. 2. a person arraigned for an offense. [1670 80; traditionally explained as cul (repr. L culpabilis guilty) + prit (repr. AF prest ready), marking the… …
24culprit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. offender, malefactor, wrongdoer, evildoer. See guilt. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. offender, guilty party, accused; see criminal , prisoner . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. offender, guilty party,… …
25CULPRIT — CMOS Ultra Low Power Radiation Tolerant Contributor: GSFC …
26culprit — cul·prit || kÊŒlprɪt n. one accused, offender, guilty party …
27culprit — n. Criminal, malefactor, delinquent, felon …
28culprit — n offender, guilty party, malefactor, miscreant; rascal, reprobate, wrong doer, evil doer, Sl. the heavy, Sl. the bad guy; felon, criminal, delinquent, lawbreaker, transgressor, sinner …
29culprit — cul·prit …
30culprit — noun Syn: guilty party, offender, wrongdoer, miscreant, criminal, lawbreaker, felon, delinquent; informal baddy, crook …