- plural of culprit.
culprits
Example Sentences
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There are more obvious culprits for HHS’s failure to protect Americans from this outbreak.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Cardi proceeded to give physical descriptions of the alleged culprits, adding that she had been discouraged from sharing their photos online by her security team in case it interfered with a police investigation.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
He found that all three of the major culprits are present in 2026 — so investors are right to be worried about the market right now.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
"The government initially played down the affair to cover for the real political culprits," Koukakis told AFP in an interview a few months ago.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
The prosecutor argued that the probability was so low that such a couple existed that the police investigation must have turned up the actual culprits.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
