Explore Culprit through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like perpetrator or wrongdoer. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Culprit meaning
- The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
- A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
Synonyms of Culprit
Using Culprit
- The main meaning on this page is: The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime. | A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
- Useful related words include: perpetrator, wrongdoer, offender.
- In the example corpus, culprit often appears in combinations such as: the culprit, culprit is, culprit in.
Context around Culprit
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Culprit
- In this selection, "culprit" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, common, real, biggest, ignored, early and brendan stand out and add context to how "culprit" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is the culprit and after the culprit ignored several. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "culprit" sits close to words such as brilliantly, cartridge and conceal, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with culprit
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another possible culprit could be darkling beetles. (7 words)
Everyone was desperate to uncover the culprit. (7 words)
For many, living alone is the culprit. (7 words)
However, Jimmy's suspicions of Dave seemingly confirm his worst instincts, as he’s a grieving man in search of someone to blame; he's forced to consider that Dave is the culprit, but it's even more difficult knowing the pain that his friend suffered. (46 words)
As the first of those signings to arrive on Potter’s watch, the £12m striker David Datro Fofana, was in the stands at the City Ground and yet to debut after his move from Molde, the manager is scarcely the sole culprit. (42 words)
Given that the Gold Mafia documentary has exposed that Mnangagwa, and his family are at the epicentre of corruption and unmitigated sleaze in this country, how can the same man robustly deal with a felony to which he is the biggest culprit? (42 words)
Given that the Gold Mafia documentary has exposed that Mnangagwa, and his family are at the epicentre of corruption and unmitigated sleaze in this country, how can the same man robustly deal with a felony to which he is the biggest culprit? (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Action was taken after the culprit ignored several legal warnings, the reports.
After being the main culprit early on in the season, Sabet said influenza numbers have declined.
Amusingly, after being suspiciously absent for one of the major Ghostface attacks, the group immediately suspects he is the culprit.
Andrea Stern and Emily Hedges, who joined the daylong cleanup at Mission and Cesar Chavez streets, discuss the trash they’ve found aside from cigarette butts, the most common culprit.
Another possible culprit could be darkling beetles.
As the first of those signings to arrive on Potter’s watch, the £12m striker David Datro Fofana, was in the stands at the City Ground and yet to debut after his move from Molde, the manager is scarcely the sole culprit.
Bakery owner Emma Irvine says they had a good conversation and she now has a soft spot for the cupcake culprit.
Determined to discover the culprit, Brendan infiltrates his school's numerous cliques to pursue the truth.
Duke laying an egg in the overtime was the real culprit.
Errors in retirement applications are the most common culprit in delaying the processing of federal employees’ retirement applications, something else that OPM hopes the new OPM Retirement Quick Guide will help to reduce.
Everyone was desperate to uncover the culprit.
Experts tell Insider that the real culprit is America's broken immigration system.
For many, living alone is the culprit.
Fresh fruits and vegetables have also seen price increases, though lettuce is undoubtedly the biggest culprit, increasing 24.9% in the last twelve months.
Given that the Gold Mafia documentary has exposed that Mnangagwa, and his family are at the epicentre of corruption and unmitigated sleaze in this country, how can the same man robustly deal with a felony to which he is the biggest culprit?
Heather Gay has a suspicious black eye, andThe Real Housewives of Salt Lake City fans think Jen Shah might be the culprit.
He, however, assured that the culprit would be arrested soon.
He was picked out in a identity procedure as the culprit of the garage attack.
However, Jimmy's suspicions of Dave seemingly confirm his worst instincts, as he’s a grieving man in search of someone to blame; he's forced to consider that Dave is the culprit, but it's even more difficult knowing the pain that his friend suffered.
However, the primary culprit is a familiar one — opioids.
Common combinations with culprit
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the culprit 120×
- culprit is 23×
- culprit in 14×
- culprit of 12×
- main culprit 11×
- real culprit 11×
- culprit for 11×
- culprit behind 7×
- likely culprit 7×
- culprit and 6×