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cul⋅prit
[kuhl-prit] 
prɪt
–noun
| 1. | a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault. |
| 2. | a person arraigned for an offense. |
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| cul·prit (kŭl'prĭt) n.
[Probably from cul. prit, abbreviation for Anglo-Norman *culpable: prit d'averrer nostre bille, guilty: (I am) ready to aver our indictment : culpable, guilty (from Latin culpābilis; see culpable) + *prit, ready (variant of prest, from Latin praestō; see presto).] |
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Culprit
Cul"prit\ (k[u^]l"pr?t), n. [Prob. corrupted for culpate, fr. Law Latin culpatus the accused, p. p. of L. culpare to blame. See Culpable.]1. One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge. An author is in the condition of a culprit; the public are his judges. --Prior. 2. One quilty of a fault; a criminal.
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Language Translation for : culprit
Spanish:
culpable, acusado,
German:
der, *die Schuldige,
Japanese:
犯人
culprit
1678, from Anglo-Fr. cul prit, contraction of Culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) "guilty, ready (to prove our case)," words used by prosecutor in opening a trial. It seems the abbreviation cul. prit was mistaken in Eng. for an address to the defendant.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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