culprit

Example Sentences

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Last year Utah’s insurance commissioner flagged such holdings as a key culprit in the financial problems of a troubled private-equity owned insurer there.

From The Wall Street Journal

She added that it "was not good enough" that the culprit had not yet been prosecuted and the taxpayer had now been left to pay for the clear-up.

From BBC

“I think the culprit here isn’t the markets—it’s the fact that people are leaking insider information,” Crane says.

From Barron's

His signature artworks often appear without warning, sparking global conversation, but the culprit quietly dodges the limelight.

From BBC

But then if it was an accident, why would the culprit duck into the doorway, instead of just apologizing?

From Literature