culprit
Example Sentences
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Local authorities have been trying to step up efforts to get a grip on the issue by using methods such as surveillance cameras to catch culprits.
From BBC
Climate change might seem an obvious culprit for the unstable weather conditions that have brought them about.
From BBC
An aging grid, extreme weather and fuel-price volatility are the culprits.
He argues that road geometry, and poor aiming of headlights in cars that don't have automatic levelling systems, are more likely culprits.
From BBC
To pinpoint the culprit, the team used an imaging based screening approach to systematically examine all known and predicted human nucleases.
From Science Daily
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