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Definition of Culprits
1. culprit [n] - See also: culprit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Culprits
Literary usage of Culprits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"For this she employed three means. imprisonment being considered not so much a
penalty as a means of supervising culprits. The care of the gaols, ..."
2. Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain by Edmund Burke (1791)
"... not the means of repelling their charges in any other than the degrading
character of culprits. ..."
3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... indecent and daring behavior of the two culprits, in several instances,
occasioned their being made public spectacles of. After having been exhibited ..."
4. Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835 & 1836: Including a by Charles Augustus Murray (1839)
"Execution of culprits. — Streets of Havana Idlers. — Manufacture of Cigars.
THE first appearance of New Orleans is not remarkably striking; the surrounding ..."
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