WordNet
culpable negligence
n. (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) [syn: criminal negligence]
Usage examples of "culpable negligence".
What really created the dangerous situation in Basilisk was the Admiralty's culpable negligence in assigning only two ships, one on the verge of imminent breakdown, to the picket in the first place.
He was sacked for persistent drunkenness and killing three men on the firing range by culpable negligence.