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- culprit ['k^lprɪt]
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1.
n
[law]
a person awaiting trial, esp one who has pleaded not guilty
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2.
n
the person responsible for a particular offence, misdeed, etc
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3.
n
[Etymology]
C17: from Anglo-French cul-, short for culpable guilty + prit ready, indicating that the prosecution was ready to prove the guilt of the one charged
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1.
n
[law]
a person awaiting trial, esp one who has pleaded not guilty
Examples
- the headmaster will deal with the culprit → deal with
- the culprit shall remain unnamed → unnamed
- the culprit is among you → you
- 据该犯供称
- as was confessed by the culprit → 供
- 他供出了主犯的名字。
- He gave the name of the chief culprit. → 供
- 罪魁
- chief criminal (or culprit, offender); arch-criminal → 魁
- 元凶
- prime culprit; arch-criminal → 元
- 青猺曾被怀疑是非典的祸首。
- The masked civet was suspected of being the chief culprit of SARS. → 青猺
- 经过专家研究, 非典的罪魁祸首可能是果子狸。
- Research by specialists leads people to think the chief culprit for SARS might be masked civet. → 罪魁祸首
- 他供出了主犯的名字。
- He confessed the name of the chief culprit. → 供
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