n. 25B6; noun GUILTY PARTY, offender, wrongdoer, miscreant; criminal, malefactor, lawbreaker, felon, delinquent; informal baddy, crook.
CULPRIT
Meaning of CULPRIT in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012