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n. One charged with an offense or crime.

n. One guilty of a fault or crime.

n. The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.

n. One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge.

n. One quilty of a fault; a criminal.

n. A person arraigned for a crime or offense.

n. A criminal; a malefactor; an offender.

n. someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

"The main culprit is the famous Crow's Nest Pass. rate agreement which has kept grain freight rates at the same level since 1897."

offender    wrongdoer   

mea culpa    culpable   

criminal    transgressor   

malefactor    offender    suspect    felon    sinner    murderer    conspirator    perpetrator    defendant    sufferer