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

He said he would have apologised were he "in any way complicit or culpable" but stressed that was never the case.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 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