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Culpable is an English word with synonyms like blameworthy or blameable. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Culpable meaning

Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.

Synonyms of Culpable

Using Culpable

  • The main meaning on this page is: Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
  • Useful related words include: blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful.
  • In the example corpus, culpable often appears in combinations such as: culpable homicide, of culpable, found culpable.

Context around Culpable

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Culpable

  • In this selection, "culpable" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, particularly, commit, homicide, negligence and child stand out and add context to how "culpable" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include case of culpable homicide be and case of culpable homicide said. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "culpable" sits close to words such as aca, ashford and atlantis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with culpable

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

The chain of command would not shield the culpable. (9 words)

But, prosecutors accepted his guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. (19 words)

Prosecutors can also choose to treat the most serious offences involving death by driving as culpable homicide or murder. (19 words)

Oyejide, who stated that the command received information about a case of culpable homicide, said that a 17-year-old secondary student, Umar Usman, a resident of Misau, was found wrapped in a cloth and dumped at Misau bypass. (39 words)

On the practice of mixing chemicals with natural products like pawpaw, carrot, etc which is also becoming a trend, Adeyeye said majority of spa outlets in the nation's cosmopolitan cities were culpable in this unhealthy practice. (37 words)

The judge while delivering the judgement held that the prosecution had successfully proved the offences of criminal conspiracies to commit culpable homicide and armed robbery, and illegal possession of firearms against the 1st, 3rd and 4th defendants. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

As against Villa on Saturday, which turned out to be Graham Potter’s last game in charge, Chelsea missed a host of glorious opportunities with Kai Havertz and Joao Felix particularly culpable.

But make no mistake, Aiden is the only culpable child as Mia is not old enough to realize the gravity of a quickly escalating game that will lead to a deadly outcome.

But, prosecutors accepted his guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

He pledged his support to the Federal Government to bring oil theft to “zero,” believing that the Tinubu-led administration would “fish out” the culpable elements in the military.

Her mother was just as culpable, with Lorelai having a whole bit later in the show when she comes home from a shopping trip with another woman’s bag.

He was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment after admitting charges of culpable homicide and trying to defeat the ends of justice.

It said the Murdochs and “poisonous” Fox News commentators were culpable for the insurrection, though it did not specify Mr. Murdoch by name.

It’s the last person in the chain, the person who’s least culpable and most easily replaceable, that this was prioritizing — the person who’s holding crack and selling it.

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Last week, the 31-year-old McKellar twins appeared at the High Court in Glasgow where, after denying murder, Alexander pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

Mr Gunu said the Party also called for an independent inquiry into the incident and those found culpable be brought to book.

On the practice of mixing chemicals with natural products like pawpaw, carrot, etc which is also becoming a trend, Adeyeye said majority of spa outlets in the nation's cosmopolitan cities were culpable in this unhealthy practice.

Oyejide, who stated that the command received information about a case of culpable homicide, said that a 17-year-old secondary student, Umar Usman, a resident of Misau, was found wrapped in a cloth and dumped at Misau bypass.

Peterson, 60, is charged with seven counts of child neglect and three counts of culpable negligence for the 10 people Cruz shot on the third floor, six of them fatally, after Peterson arrived at the building.

Prosecutors can also choose to treat the most serious offences involving death by driving as culpable homicide or murder.

The 11 counts included seven counts of felony child neglect, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury in connection with the shooting and other statements he made in the shooting’s aftermath.

The chain of command would not shield the culpable.

The Federal Governments' Special Investigative Panel on Oil Theft/Losses, has called for deliberate conversations to drive legal reforms that would provide stiffer penalties to culpable entities involved in oil theft.

The judge while delivering the judgement held that the prosecution had successfully proved the offences of criminal conspiracies to commit culpable homicide and armed robbery, and illegal possession of firearms against the 1st, 3rd and 4th defendants.

Then Raj Thackeray should demand that a case of culpable homicide be filed against the chief ministers of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh as well,” he said.

The Secret Service was already culpable for allowing the assassination to happen by not reacting at all in 6-7 seconds of gunfire, and then washing out the limousine, corrupting the crime scene.

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Common combinations with culpable

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "culpable" in a sentence?
An example: "As against Villa on Saturday, which turned out to be Graham Potter’s last game in charge, Chelsea missed a host of glorious opportunities with Kai Havertz and Joao Felix particularly culpable." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "culpable" from authentic English texts.
What does "culpable" mean?
Culpable means: Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
What are synonyms of "culpable"?
Common synonyms of "culpable" include: blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, guilty.
How many example sentences with "culpable" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "culpable", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.