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In its decision, the committee said Burwood's actions were "deplorable" and she was "morally culpable", adding that public confidence in the profession would be undermined if a finding of impairment was not made.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

We, the audience, are the final piece of the puzzle, the culpable players who not only ate up the original “To Catch a Predator,” but all the media and memes that spun off it.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Clippers president of business operations Gillian Zucker was suspended without pay for one year for “being primarily and directly culpable for the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for providing false and misleading statements to investigators.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

As in almost every treatment of teen life, whether the fiction is vintage or current, the parents—the root of all evil and/or plot twists—are either absent or culpable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Still, both of these young people were culpable and must look to themselves now, examine their souls, consider this a matter of conscience.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson