culprit

[หˆkสฐสŒษซpษนษชt]

IPA: /K AH1 L P R IH0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.

    โ€œI have tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.โ€

  2. 2

    A prisoner accused but not yet tried.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/culprit