culprit
BrE /ˈkʌl.prɪt/ AmE /ˈkəl.prɪt/
noun en → es
a person who is responsible for something wrong or illegal that has happened
culpable, responsable, autor de un delito
- the culprit
Collocations identify the culprit · catch the culprit
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The police are still looking for the culprit.
La policía sigue buscando al culpable.
the person or thing that is blamed for something wrong or illegal
causa, origen, responsable de algo malo o ilegal
- the culprit
Collocations find the real culprit · identify the true culprit
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The real culprit was never found.
El verdadero culpable nunca fue encontrado.