All 21 Uses of
culprit
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- As Dantes spoke, Villefort gazed at his ingenuous and open countenance, and recollected the words of Renee, who, without knowing who the culprit was, had besought his indulgence for him.†
Chpt 7-8
- One of the culprits will be mazzolato; [*] he is an atrocious villain, who murdered the priest who brought him up, and deserves not the smallest pity.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- The reason for so publicly announcing all this is, that all good and faithful Catholics may offer up their prayers for the unfortunate culprits, and, above all, beseech of heaven to grant them a sincere repentance.†
Chpt 33-34
- The first-named malefactor will be subjected to the mazzuola, the second culprit beheaded.†
Chpt 33-34
- And, besides, they say that the culprit is an infamous scoundrel, who killed with a log of wood a worthy canon who had brought him up like his own son.†
Chpt 35-36
- However, the two culprits advanced, and as they approached their faces became visible.†
Chpt 35-36
- And yet here are two culprits.†
Chpt 35-36
- Yes, that I have suffered; but the culprit?†
Chpt 35-36
- This man has often made me shudder; and one day that we were viewing an execution, I thought I should faint, more from hearing the cold and calm manner in which he spoke of every description of torture, than from the sight of the executioner and the culprit.†
Chpt 39-40
- I take as much interest in the pursuit of some whim as you do, M. Danglars, in promoting a new railway line; you, M. de Villefort, in condemning a culprit to death; you, M. Debray, in pacifying a kingdom; you, M. de Chateau-Renaud, in pleasing a woman; and you, Morrel, in breaking a horse that no one can ride.†
Chpt 63-64
- And when you have found the culprit, if you find him, I will say to you, 'You are a magistrate, do as you will!'†
Chpt 73-74
- The same flower of innocence had flourished, or was still flourishing, on their brow, that is seen on the brow of the culprit in your house.†
Chpt 79-80
- "Follow the culprit's steps; he first kills M. de Saint-Meran"— "O doctor!"†
Chpt 79-80
- When crime has been committed, and God, doubtless in anger, turns away his face, it is for the physician to bring the culprit to justice.†
Chpt 79-80
- Mademoiselle de Villefort is the culprit—she is the poisoner!†
Chpt 79-80
- —for I am the only culprit, Edmond, and if you owe revenge to any one, it is to me, who had not fortitude to bear your absence and my solitude.†
Chpt 89-90
- "Revenge yourself, then, Edmond," cried the poor mother; "but let your vengeance fall on the culprits,—on him, on me, but not on my son!"†
Chpt 89-90
- Faith, no, for between the culprit and the victim I have no choice.†
Chpt 93-94
- …his armchair nearer to Madame Danglars; then resting both hands upon his desk he said in a voice more hollow than usual: "There are crimes which remain unpunished because the criminals are unknown, and we might strike the innocent instead of the guilty; but when the culprits are discovered" (Villefort here extended his hand toward a large crucifix placed opposite to his desk)—"when they are discovered, I swear to you, by all I hold most sacred, that whoever they may be they shall die.†
Chpt 99-100
- "But," said Morrel, "the culprit—the murderer—the assassin."†
Chpt 103-104
- "My father has revealed the culprit's name; my father thirsts for revenge as much as you do, yet even he conjures you as I do to keep this secret.†
Chpt 103-104
Definition:
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(culprit) someone responsible for a wrongdoing -- especially a criminal; or something that caused a problem