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2 meanings: 1. law a person awaiting trial, esp one who has pleaded not guilty 2. the person responsible for a particular.... Click for more definitions.
Define culprit. culprit synonyms, culprit pronunciation, culprit translation, English dictionary definition of culprit. n. 1. One charged with an offense or crime. 2 ...
Word 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’.
Word 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’.
Culprit definition: a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.. See examples of CULPRIT used in a sentence.
Definition of culprit noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CULPRIT definition: 1. someone who has done something wrong: 2. something that is responsible for a bad situation: . Learn more.
