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- pronunciation:
- kuhl
priht
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a person who is charged with or is guilty of doing something wrong.
Which one of you is the culprit who stole my lunch money?- synonyms:
- offender
- similar words:
- criminal, defendant
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| definition 2: |
something that is the basic cause or starting point of something bad.
Scientists studying the disease discovered that mosquitos were the culprit. |
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