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

In those situations, investigators will see if there are other clues that might lead them to the guilty party. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026

Kym is the family fuckup and a guilty party to its biggest tragedy but also constantly pokes the bear as its selfish verbal assassin. — Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026

Floyd’s unexplained death in a local community pool complex leaves two detectives looking for the guilty party. — Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2026

The writer not writing is a wholly guilty party, like someone who through anger or terrible neglect has killed off his own life’s mate, counterpart, reason to live. — Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for guilty party

• counterparty
• multiparty
• arty
• carty
• hearty
• parti
• astarte
• mccarty
• nonparty