culprit

English - Turkish

Definition of culprit in English Turkish dictionary

{i} suçlu

Suçlu yaklaşık altı ay sonra tutuklandı. - They arrested the culprit around six months later.

Tüm polis soruşturmaları mutlaka bir suçlu tutuklanmasına yol açmaz. - Not all police investigations necessarily lead to the arrest of a culprit.

{i} zanlı

sanık

mücrim

{i} hükümlü

English - English

Definition of culprit in English English dictionary

The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime

I tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.

a guilty person

{i} one accused, offender, guilty party

{n} one who is arraigned before a judge

someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge

One quilty of a fault; a criminal

When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit. All the men were being deported even though the real culprits in the fight have not been identified. = offender

When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause as the culprit. About 10% of Japanese teenagers are overweight. Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food

Related Terms

culprits

plural of culprit

Hyphenation

cul·prit

Turkish pronunciation

kʌlprît

Synonyms

con, convict, criminal, delinquent, evildoer, ex-con, felon, fugitive, guilty party, jailbird, malefactor, miscreant, offender, rascal, sinner

Pronunciation

/ˈkəlprət/ /ˈkʌlprɪt/

Etymology

() From Latin culpa, fault via French cul prit