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

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 to promote content that winds up harming their mental health.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Since then, police have arrested Abhay Kumar, one of the owners of the construction site, for alleged culpable homicide due to negligence under India's criminal code.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

At Sophie Mol’s funeral and in the days before Estha was Returned, they saw her swollen eyes, and with the self-centeredness of children, held themselves wholly culpable for her grief.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy