See culprit on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 145:",
"text": "Another sits beneath the purple canopy—a lady, but alone. The diadem is on her cold and haughty brow; there is no pity in her stern aspect, and the smile on her lip bodes death. Before her stands the lovely culprit, whose fatal beauty, and still more fatal love, are about to be dearly requited.",
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"text": "But the Dutch dominated only to waste numerous efforts, with Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie the main culprits.",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"word": "Beklagter"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "bűnös"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "tettes"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "elkövető"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "pembuat ulah"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "pelaku"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "ciontach"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "colpevole"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"word": "reo"
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"alt": "はんにん",
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"roman": "hannin",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "犯人"
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"alt": "犯人",
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beomin",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "범인"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"code": "mk",
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"word": "ви́новник"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "krívec",
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"word": "кри́вец"
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"code": "ml",
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"roman": "kuṟṟavāḷi",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "കുറ്റവാളി"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"word": "synder"
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"code": "cu",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"tags": [
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"word": "виньникъ"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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],
"word": "delikwent"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"tags": [
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"word": "winowajca"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"tags": [
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"word": "sprawca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "culpado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vinóvnik",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вино́вник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obvinjájemyj",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обвиня́емый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podsudímyj",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подсуди́мый"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "krivac"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "vinovnik"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "mkosaji"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"tags": [
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"word": "brottsling"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"word": "förövare"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"word": "gärningsman"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "mücrim"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "suçlu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "zanlı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "(law)",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "hükümlü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "sanık"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "thủ phạm"
},
{
"code": "wa",
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"word": "coupåbe"
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "person accused but not yet tried",
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"word": "مُتَّهَم"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person accused but not yet tried",
"word": "vádlott"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podozrevajemyj",
"sense": "person accused but not yet tried",
"tags": [
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"word": "подозреваемый"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podsledstvennyj",
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"word": "подследственный"
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