'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]