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culprit
 
SYLLABICATION:cul·prit
PRONUNCIATION:  klprt
NOUN:1. One charged with an offense or crime. 2. One guilty of a fault or crime.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably from cul. prit, abbreviation for Anglo-Norman *culpable: prit d'averrer nostre bille, guilty: (I am) ready to aver our indictment : culpable, guilty (from Latin culpbilis; see culpable) + *prit, ready (variant of prest, from Latin praest; see presto).
 
 
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