culprit

UK
/ˈkʌlprɪt/
US
/ˈkʌlprɪt/
culpritсуществительное
culprits
множ.
UK
/ˈkʌlprɪt/
US
/ˈkʌlprɪt/
Переводы
The police finally caught the culprit responsible for the theft.
Полиция наконец поймала виновника кражи.
The culprit was sentenced to five years in prison.
Преступник был приговорен к пяти годам тюрьмы.
Дополнительные переводы
Определения
A person or thing responsible for a crime or misdeed.
The police finally caught the culprit who had been vandalizing the neighborhood.
A cause of a problem or defect.
The real culprit behind the engine failure was a faulty spark plug.
culpritприлагательное
UK
/ˈkʌl.prɪt/
US
/ˈkʌl.prɪt/
Used attributively before another noun, e.g. "the culprit gene".
Определения
Attributive: responsible for causing a particular problem, condition, or situation.
Researchers traced the illness to a culprit bacterium in the water supply.