culprit

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English - Turkish
{i} suçlu

Şimdi suçluları bulduklarını söyleyecekler. - Now they will say that they've found the culprits.

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

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English - English
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

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