as in guilty
deserving reproach or blame
are you any less culpable for murder if you acted in the heat of passion?
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Recent Examples of culpable
In addition to the probe by the Maldives government, prosecutors in Rome have opened a culpable homicide investigation into the tragedy, sources told the Italian news agency ANSA.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Alexander pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide and attempting to pervert the course of justice, while Robert also pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
5 May 2026
Mason Miller is the only reliever not culpable in one of those losses.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Haaland bursts our bubble almost immediately by scoring in the opening five minutes, and Burnley miss a few good first-half chances, with striker Zian Flemming particularly culpable.
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Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Alexander pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide and attempting to pervert the course of justice, while Robert also pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
5 May 2026
Mason Miller is the only reliever not culpable in one of those losses.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Haaland bursts our bubble almost immediately by scoring in the opening five minutes, and Burnley miss a few good first-half chances, with striker Zian Flemming particularly culpable.
—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culpable
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Anthony Gonzalez Alvarez, 27, of Lyons, pleaded guilty in April to a felony charge stemming from a traffic altercation with Border Patrol agents in Brighton Park in October.
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Once Israel has been placed in that ‘guilty’ box, nothing that comes from inside of the box counts because it has already been labeled and defined.
Adjective
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Extreme cold made the O-rings fail, but NASA’s culture was just as blameworthy and needed a retrofit more urgently than any piece of shuttle hardware.
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As the shutdown goes on, moreover, the polling on which side is more to blame seems to be gradually shifting toward Democrats as the more blameworthy side.
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“Culpable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culpable. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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