How to use "culprit" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "culprit" in popular movie and book plots

  • Without these, the game ends with a description of why the presumed culprit was released.  - Deadline (video game)
  • The Salvadorian witness identifies an injured Hernandez as the culprit responsible for a bombing incident prior to the massacre.  - High Crimes
  • It turns out that the culprit is Jack, mr Ferguson's elder son, who is extremely jealous of his young half-brother.  - The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
  • Holmes tells Lestrade to tell Harker, a journalist for the Central Press Syndicate, that he is convinced that the culprit is a lunatic.  - The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
  • The school's headmaster is somehow informed about the illicit affair — it is implied that the culprit is Bangs.  - Notes on a Scandal
  • At the jail, the humiliated Fix informs Fogg that the real culprit was caught in Brighton.  - Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)
  • No culprit is identified, however, the team discovers a string of rape cases fitting those parameters which leads back years.  - The Bat (novel)
  • Kresh uses the occasion to finger the true culprit in the assault on Leving, who turns out to have been Ariel, Tonya Welton's personal robot.  - Isaac Asimov's Caliban
  • The culprit is revealed to be Ronan the Accuser, now a Kree outlaw.  - Kree-Skrull War
  • Sure enough, Ugu is the culprit and the castle's magical defenses are techniques from Glinda and the Wizard.  - The Lost Princess of Oz
  • He explains to them about his childhood—about how his parents were murdered by arsenic poisoning, and the culprit was never apprehended.  - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • He was determined to find the culprit upon his release.  - Porno (novel)
  • Napoleon finds the bird gone and runs to the dormitory to demand the culprit show himself.  - Napoléon (1927 film)
  • When the culprit arrives in Sickbay to finish off the assassins, Kirk and Spock discover that the killer is Spock's protégé, Valeris.  - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  • The culprit seen spreading the graffiti is disguised as Mario, who is named "Shadow Mario".  - Super Mario Sunshine
  • Later, while gushing about Sebastian to Annette, Greg discovers that the culprit is Cecile's mother, mrs Caldwell.  - Cruel Intentions

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