"culprit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: [ˈkʰʌɫpɹ̥ɪt] Audio: en-us-culprit.ogg [US] Forms: culprits [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilty: ready (to prove our case)', words used by prosecutor in opening a trial, mistaken in English for an address to the defendant. See culpable. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{m|fro|culpable}} culpable, {{m|fro|prest}} prest, {{m|fro|de|d'}} d', {{m|fro|averrer}} averrer, {{m|fro|nostre}} nostre, {{m|fro|bille}} bille, {{m|en|culpable}} culpable Head templates: {{en-noun}} culprit (plural culprits)
  1. The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime. Translations (person or thing at fault of problem or crime): مُجْرِم (mujrim) [masculine] (Arabic), günahkar (Azerbaijani), müqəssir (Azerbaijani), təqsirkar (Azerbaijani), errudun (Basque), обвиняем (obvinjaem) [masculine] (Bulgarian), подсъдим (podsǎdim) [masculine] (Bulgarian), culpable [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 肇事者 (zhàoshìzhě) [person] (Chinese Mandarin), 肇因 (zhàoyīn) (english: thing) (Chinese Mandarin), viník [masculine] (Czech), schuldige (Dutch), dader [masculine] (Dutch), krimulo (Esperanto), syyllinen (Finnish), syypää (Finnish), coupable [feminine, masculine] (French), Beschuldigter [masculine] (German), Missetäter [masculine] (German), Schuldiger [masculine] (German), Täter [masculine] (German), Übeltäter [masculine] (German), Beklagter [masculine] [law] (German), ένοχος (énochos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), φταίχτης (ftaíchtis) [masculine] (Greek), אשם (ashém) [masculine] (Hebrew), bűnös (Hungarian), tettes (Hungarian), elkövető (Hungarian), pembuat ulah (Indonesian), pelaku (Indonesian), ciontach (Irish), colpevole (Italian), reo [masculine] (Italian), 犯人 (hannin) (alt: はんにん) (Japanese), 범인 (beomin) (alt: 犯人) (Korean), reus (Latin), nocens (Latin), noxius (Latin), vaininieks [masculine] (Latvian), vaininiece [feminine] (Latvian), ви́новник (vínovnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), кри́вец (krívec) [masculine] (Macedonian), കുറ്റവാളി (kuṟṟavāḷi) (Malayalam), synder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), delikwent [masculine] (Polish), winowajca [masculine] (Polish), sprawca [masculine] (Polish), culpado [masculine] (Portuguese), вино́вник (vinóvnik) [masculine] (Russian), обвиня́емый (obvinjájemyj) [masculine] (Russian), подсуди́мый (podsudímyj) [masculine] (Russian), krivac (Serbo-Croatian), vinovnik (Serbo-Croatian), culpable [masculine] (Spanish), brottsling [common-gender] (Swedish), förövare [common-gender] (Swedish), gärningsman [common-gender] (Swedish), mücrim (Turkish), suçlu (Turkish), zanlı (Turkish), hükümlü (english: (law)) (Turkish), sanık (Turkish), thủ phạm (Vietnamese), coupåbe [feminine, masculine] (Walloon), euog [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-culprit-en-noun-ayS1BYNP Disambiguation of 'person or thing at fault of problem or crime': 91 9
  2. (UK, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Law, Crime, People Translations (person accused but not yet tried): مُتَّهَم (muttaham) [masculine] (Arabic), vádlott (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-culprit-en-noun-9skj44uz Disambiguation of Crime: 24 76 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'person accused but not yet tried': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: culpable, mea culpa

Inflected forms

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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ashém",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "bűnös"
        },
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          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "tettes"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "elkövető"
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          "code": "id",
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          "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "alt": "はんにん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hannin",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "犯人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "alt": "犯人",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "beomin",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "범인"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "reus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "nocens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "noxius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vaininieks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vaininiece"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vínovnik",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ви́новник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "krívec",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кри́вец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kuṟṟavāḷi",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "കുറ്റവാളി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "synder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delikwent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "winowajca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sprawca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "culpado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vinóvnik",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вино́вник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obvinjájemyj",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "обвиня́емый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podsudímyj",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "подсуди́мый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "krivac"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "vinovnik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "culpable"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "word": "mücrim"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "suçlu"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "zanlı"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tr",
          "english": "(law)",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "hükümlü"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "sanık"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "word": "thủ phạm"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "coupåbe"
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mujrim",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُجْرِم"
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      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "günahkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "müqəssir"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "təqsirkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "errudun"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obvinjaem",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обвиняем"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podsǎdim",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подсъдим"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "culpable"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàoshìzhě",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "肇事者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "thing",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàoyīn",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "肇因"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viník"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "schuldige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dader"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "krimulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "syyllinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "syypää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coupable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beschuldigter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Missetäter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schuldiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Täter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Übeltäter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "Beklagter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "énochos",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ένοχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ftaíchtis",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φταίχτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ashém",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אשם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "bűnös"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "tettes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "elkövető"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "pembuat ulah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "pelaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "ciontach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "colpevole"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hannin",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "犯人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "犯人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beomin",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "범인"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "reus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "nocens"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "noxius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaininieks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaininiece"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vínovnik",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́новник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "krívec",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кри́вец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuṟṟavāḷi",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "കുറ്റവാളി"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "synder"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delikwent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "winowajca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "krivac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "word": "vinovnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "culpable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brottsling"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förövare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gärningsman"
    },
    {
      "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)",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "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",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coupåbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "euog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muttaham",
      "sense": "person accused but not yet tried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُتَّهَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person accused but not yet tried",
      "word": "vádlott"
    }
  ],
  "word": "culprit"
}

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