culprit
US: /ˈkəɫpɹɪt/
UK: /kˈʌlpɹɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
culprit /'kʌlprit/- danh từ
- kẻ có tội; thủ phạm
- chief culprit: kẻ có tội chính, thủ phạm
- bị cáo
- kẻ có tội; thủ phạm
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a person who has done sth wrong or against the law: The police quickly identified the real culprits.
2 a person or thing responsible for causing a problem: The main culprit in the current crisis seems to be modern farming techniques.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 accused, prisoner:
How does the culprit plead?
2 offender, criminal, malefactor, wrongdoer:
They caught the culprit red-handed.
Collocation
ADJ.
big, chief, main, major, prime, real, worst
Keep the kitchen clear of all sources of bacteria, not forgetting the biggest culprit of all?the dishcloth.
| likely, obvious
VERB + CULPRIT
hunt
Police hunting the culprits have condemned the attack.
| apprehend, catch, identify, find, track down
Concise dictionary
culprits'kʌlprɪtnoun
+someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
