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
Prosecutors have launched an investigation into the crash regarding possible charges of manslaughter and culpable disaster.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Oswald was found to be the sole person culpable for Kennedy's death on November 22, 1963, by the Warren Commission in 1964.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
That report was part of a voluntary compliance agreement negotiated with the federal government following a two-year federal investigation that found the city culpable of steering heavy industry away from white communities and into Black and Latino communities.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The report acknowledges but dismisses speculation that Hale's mental health providers could be criminally culpable for not intervening.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Oswald was found to be the sole person culpable for Kennedy's death on November 22, 1963, by the Warren Commission in 1964.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
That report was part of a voluntary compliance agreement negotiated with the federal government following a two-year federal investigation that found the city culpable of steering heavy industry away from white communities and into Black and Latino communities.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The report acknowledges but dismisses speculation that Hale's mental health providers could be criminally culpable for not intervening.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culpable
Adjective
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The jury deliberated for two hours before finding McKnight guilty.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Crawford plead guilty to three counts of vehicular assault and was sentenced to 2.5 years of probation.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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His Stoic Challenge framework invites you to see a setback not as something terrible, blameworthy or unfair but instead as a test of your ingenuity and resilience.—
Hanna Hart,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Culpable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culpable. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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