guilty party

noun

: the person who committed a crime

Police have not been able to identify the guilty party.

Examples of guilty party in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The guilty party on Edman’s error wasn’t as clear in the postgame clubhouse. —Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024

Making Jaden the guilty party feels like a contrivance designed to shock viewers and subvert our expectations without bothering to convince us that this character had it in her to kill her father's lover. —Judy Berman, TIME, 24 July 2024

And clever minds may even spot the murder weapon and maybe even the guilty party or parties. —Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023

But Loretta is more than another potentially guilty party being played by a notable name. —Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2023

What is even better is knowing the guilty party is held accountable. —Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023