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Noun: culprit  'kúl,prit or kúl-prut
  1. Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
    "the culprit started to run";
    - perpetrator, perp [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: culprits

Type of: offender, wrongdoer

Encyclopedia: Culprit

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cult
cult of personality
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cultism
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