CULPRIT


Meaning of CULPRIT in English

[noun] [C] - someone who has done something wrongPolice hope the public will help them to find the culprits.(humorous) Someone's eaten my piece of cake - which of you is the culprit?(figurative) Children in this country are getting much too fat, and sugar and sweets are the main culprits (= the bad things that are causing this).

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.