culprit
罪魁祸首
definition
noun
The culprits behaved like seasoned thugs but claimed that they were guardians of law and order.
a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
example
The real 'culprit' is poverty, disease and starvation.
If the 'culprit' is depleted uranium they are probably out of luck because any clean up would take a very long time and cost a lot of money.
The real 'culprit' is the private sector, far too dependent on low wages in the place of investment.
Despite numerous red herrings, there's no way to logically deduce the 'culprit' 's identity.
In this case the alleged villain is the drug companies but the real 'culprit' is government.
Apparently, as a manager, it was his responsibility to chase down the offending 'culprit' and resolve the situation.
The doctors whispered that it was second-hand smoking, the worst 'culprit' .
Nobody seems to know the cause of the deaths but the water seems a likely 'culprit' .
Frowning, I glanced around the room trying to find the 'culprit' responsible for interrupting my reading.
We have a cop who falls in love with a possible 'culprit' in a murder mystery.
low-level ozone pollution is the real 'culprit'
What this book shows quite clearly is that the real 'culprit' is the lack of political will.
The person you see in that little mirror is the real 'culprit' in the current crisis.
I don't recall the 'culprit' ever been caught.
They caught the real 'culprit' so here I am.
The real 'culprit' is the unchecked fragmentation of land holdings in the rural areas.
A shot was discharged and the 'culprit' fled the scene.
viruses could turn out to be the 'culprit'
The real 'culprit' , though, is the system of relegating three teams from Division One each season.
The invaders are the real 'culprits' in all cases.
The car is returned and the real 'culprits' are identified.
A sinister, manipulative government and major corporate industries are exposed as the primary 'culprits' .
The main 'culprits' for all that racket are the muscles of the palate and the uvula.
To identify the suspected viral 'culprits' in both these cases, they needed a lot more infected leaves.
He said staff members were the main 'culprits' in the theft of medicines from the public health centres.
The 'culprits' fled the scene by car, abandoning the stolen tractor at the scene.
A swift and thorough investigation must be launched to bring the 'culprits' to justice.
Cooking odours are one of the main 'culprits' that cause unpleasant household odours.
It is only with the help of local people that police can crack down on the crime spree, catch the 'culprits' and bring them to justice.
In eight percent of the cases, the 'culprits' plundered the victim's bank accounts.
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