Synonyms for culprit
ˈkʌl prɪtcul·prit

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1. culprit

   Synonyms:
   offender, criminal, delinquent, malefactor

   Antonyms:
   example, pattern, model, hero, saint

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1. perpetrator, culpritnoun

   someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

   Synonyms:
   perpetrator

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1. • Wrongdoer

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1. culpritnoun

   Synonyms:
   criminal, malefactor, delinquent, felon

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1. culpritnoun

   Synonyms:
   offender, malefactor, delinquent, criminal sinner

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1. List of paraphrases for "culprit":

   guilty, guilt

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1. David Acheson:

   They both help identify the culprit.

2. Mukaibar Shah:

   Probe should be started against the media that has reported about rising Covid cases in schools to dig out its actual source of funding the program and the culprit behind it.

3. Jim Pasco:

   I'd say it's unfortunate that rather than keeping their sleeves rolled up and continuing to try to find consensus, that some elected officials have seen fit to try to find a convenient culprit for the predicament they find themselves in.

4. President Putin:

   This is only a glimpse of the many times Donald Trump has contradicted or questioned findings from the intelligence community on the subject of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Read more : Donald Trump vs. US intelligence on Russian election interferenceUkraine meddlingWhile dismissing the findings of the US intelligence community on Russian interference, Donald Trump has pushed an alternative narrative that the Ukrainian government was the real culprit in 2016 US election meddling. That theory runs contrary to existing evidence and US intelligence, and was publicly debunked by a top national security adviser during the House impeachment hearings last year. Furthermore, US intelligence officials believe this theory originates with Russia, and is intended to shift the blame.In December The Washington Post reported that, according to a former senior White House official, Donald Trump said he was sure Ukraine had meddled in the election because the murder of Jamal Khashoggi In October 2018, reports circulated that The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi had been murdered at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey. Within a month, the CIA concluded with high confidence that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had directed Khashoggi's murder, which was conducted by members of bin Salman's inner circle. But Donald Trump refused to accept that Donald Trump ally was in any way responsible for Khashoggi's murder, ignoring what the intelligence community was telling him.In a November 2018 statement issued days after the release of the CIA's report, Donald Trump said that.

5. Mike Rowe:

   True, I am often attired in a sweatshirt and ball cap, and yes, I do share a certain resemblance with the culprit, i've also been spotted in Medford on more than one occasion, (a lovely town by any standard.) However, I am not.