English-Thai Dictionary

culprit

N ผู้ กระทำความผิด  ผู้ร้าย  ทรชน  wrongdoer offender phu-kra-tam-kwam-phid

 

culprit

N ผู้ ถูก กล่าวหา  จำเลย  phu-tuk-klao-ha

 

culprit

N สาเหตุ ของ ปัญหา  sa-hed-kong-pan-ha

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CULPRIT

n.[supposed to be formed from cul, for culpable, and prit, ready; certain abbreviations used by the clerks in noting the arraignment of criminals; the prisoner is guilty, and the king is ready to prove him so. ] 1. A person arraigned in court for a crime.
2. Any person convicted of a crime; a criminal.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CULPRIT

Cul "prit (kl "prt ), n. Etym: [Prob. corrupted for culpate, fr. Law Latin culpatus the accused, p. p. of L. culpare to blame. See Culpable. ]

 

1. One accused of, or ar An author is in the condition of a culprit; the public are his judges. Prior.

 

2. One quilty of a fault; a criminal.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

culprit

cul prit |ˈkəlprət, ˈkəlˌprit ˈkəlˌprɪt | ▶noun a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed. • the cause of a problem or defect: viruses could turn out to be the culprit. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (originally in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown in England to a prisoner pleading not guilty ): perhaps from a misinterpretation of the written abbreviation cul. prist, for Anglo-Norman French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille ‘(You are ) guilty: (We are ) ready to prove our indictment ’; in later use influenced by Latin culpa ‘fault, blame. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

culprit

cul |prit |ˈkʌlprɪt | ▶noun a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed. • the cause of a problem or defect: low-level ozone pollution is the real culprit. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (originally in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown to a prisoner pleading not guilty ): perhaps from a misinterpretation of the written abbreviation cul. prist for Anglo-Norman French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille ‘(You are ) guilty: (We are ) ready to prove our indictment ’; in later use influenced by Latin culpa ‘fault, blame ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

culprit

culprit noun police are doing all they can to catch the culprit: guilty party, offender, wrongdoer, perpetrator, miscreant; criminal, malefactor, felon, lawbreaker, delinquent; informal baddy, crook, perp.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

culprit

culprit noun the police are doing all they can to catch the culprit: guilty party, offender, wrongdoer, person responsible; criminal, malefactor, lawbreaker, felon, delinquent, reprobate; evil-doer, transgressor, sinner; informal baddy, bad guy, wrong 'un, crook, crim; Law malfeasant, misfeasor, infractor; archaic miscreant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

culprit

cul prit /kʌ́lprɪt /名詞 C 〖通例the ～〗1 犯人, 元凶 .2 ｟くだけて ｠(ある問題の )原因, 誘因 ▸ the main culprit 主たる原因 3 〘法 〙刑事被告人 .