2 uses
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Definition
someone responsible for a wrongdoing — especially a criminal; or something that caused a problem
- If anyone or anything set foot in our chicken house—if it had feet, that is—we would catch the culprit red-handed.Book 4 — Bel and the Serpent (75% in)
- My help would rob me blind if I didn't keep every single thing locked down, and punish the culprits with a firm hand.Book 5 — Exodus (64% in)
There are no more uses of "culprit" in The Poisonwood Bible.
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