Both Uses of
culprit
in
Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen
- And since our camp was divided on just who the culprit or culprits were, the odor was dubbed the Mystery Smell.†
p. 65.3 *culprit = person responsible for a wrongdoing
- And since our camp was divided on just who the culprit or culprits were, the odor was dubbed the Mystery Smell.†
p. 65.3culprits = people responsible for a wrongdoing -- especially criminals
Definitions:
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(1)
(culprit) someone responsible for a wrongdoing -- especially a criminal; or something that caused a problem
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely culprit can reference anything identified as the cause of a problem -- such as a defective part that broke a machine.