See culprit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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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"word": "sprawca"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"word": "culpado"
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"word": "вино́вник"
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"word": "обвиня́емый"
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"word": "подсуди́мый"
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"word": "brottsling"
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"word": "förövare"
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"word": "gärningsman"
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "suçlu"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "zanlı"
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"word": "hükümlü"
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"word": "sanık"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "person or thing at fault of problem or crime",
"word": "thủ phạm"
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"sense": "person accused but not yet tried",
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"word": "подследственный"
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