Collocations for "culprit"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "culprit" in context.
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culprit
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- always [looking, searching] for a culprit
- the culprit of the [error, crime, murder]
- All culprits will be [penalized, prosecuted].
- was a culprit in [having, causing, harming, crashing]
- The culprits [stood, spoke] before the judge.
- The culprits [fled, ran off, drove away].
- The culprits had already [fled].
- are looking for the guilty culprits
- The culprits were [sentenced, tried, arrested, deported].
- the culprits [attacked, beat, smashed, destroyed]
- the culprits were guilty of
- [found, identified, located, rooted out] the culprits
- no culprits [came forward, presented themselves]
- suspected of being the (main) culprit
- would [seem, appear] to be the culprit (behind)
'culprit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):