'Culprit' definitions:
Definition of 'culprit'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing [syn: perpetrator, culprit]
Definition of 'Culprit'
From: GCIDE
- Culprit \Cul"prit\ (k[u^]l"pr?t), n. [Prob. corrupted for culpate, fr. Law Latin culpatus the accused, p. p. of L. culpare to blame. See Culpable.]
- 1. One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge. [1913 Webster]
- An author is in the condition of a culprit; the public are his judges. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One quilty of a fault; a criminal. [1913 Webster]