culpable

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Damian Williams said Shah was the most culpable of the many defendants accused of participating in a nationwide fraud scheme.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The final sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax is only for cases of "wilful refusal" or "culpable neglect".

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

If found culpable, he could be suspended from the practice of law or disbarred in D.C.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

However, this case argues those firms are culpable for business models designed to hold people's attention and promote content that winds up harming their mental health.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

And since Las Casas historians, clerics, and political activists have debated whether Europeans and their descendants in the Americas are morally culpable for the enormous Indian losses.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann