culprit
noun[C]
uk/ˈkʌl.prɪt/us/ˈkʌl.prɪt/someone who has done somethingwrong:
过失者；责任人Policehopethepublicwillhelpthem tofindthe culprits.警方希望公众能协助他们抓到罪犯。
Synonyms
criminal
crook(CRIMINAL)informal
felonspecialized
theguiltyparty
malefactorformal
offender
outlaw
perpetrator
villainUKinformal
wrongdoerformal
afactorsituationthat is thereasonfor somethingbadhappening:
问题的起因；罪魁祸首Children in thiscountryare getting much toofat, andsugarandsweetsare themainculprits.该国儿童过于肥胖，糖和甜食是罪魁祸首。
Criminals - general words
- abettor
- accessory
- accomplice
- anti-gang
- be in the frame (forsomething)idiom
- crook
- delinquent
- gangland
- juvenile delinquent
- lawbreaker
- lowlife
- malefactor
- perpetrator
- previous
- probationer
- recidivist
- stalker
- wanted
- white-collar criminal
- wrongdoer
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