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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

범인

Pronunciation / Transliteration: beom-in

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Culprit/ˈkʌl.prɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"범인이 경찰에 의해 체포되었습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is responsible for a crime or wrongdoing.

    "The police quickly identified the culprit behind the recent thefts in the neighborhood."
  2. 2

    A person or thing that is the cause of a problem or difficulty.

    "In the investigation, the culprit was not just the suspect, but also the lack of security measures."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originates from late 17th-century English legal procedure, derived from the Anglo-Norman legal phrase 'culpable' (guilty) combined with 'prit' (an abbreviation of Old French 'prest' meaning ready). Originally used by clerks in court to indicate the prosecution was ready to prove the defendant's guilt, it evolved into a general term for a person guilty of an offense or responsible for a problem.

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