Definition of culpable
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Examples of culpable in a Sentence
They held her culpable for the accident.
He's more culpable than the others because he's old enough to know better.
Recent Examples of culpable from the Web
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Yet Trump also failed to mention other important points: that Western nations are historically much more culpable than developing nations for global carbon emissions, and on a per capita basis continues to be by far the worst offender.
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That makes the two-star general culpable for rather shocking material.
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Origin and Etymology of culpable
Middle English coupable, from Anglo-French cupable, culpable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare to blame, from culpa guilt
First Known Use: 14th century
Synonym Discussion of culpable
CULPABLE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of culpable for English Language Learners
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: deserving blame : guilty of doing something wrong
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