What is "culprits"

Usage examples of "culprits".

The reason for so publicly announcing all this is, that all good and faithful Catholics may offer up their prayers for the unfortunate culprits, and, above all, beseech of heaven to grant them a sincere repentance.

However, the two culprits advanced, and as they approached their faces became visible.

Unfortunately, the first two culprits had been fully and completely released from all liability when Mr.

Nero substituted as culprits, and punished with the utmost refinements of cruelty, a class of men, loathed for their vices, whom the crowd styled Christians.

The others scattered like wheat chaff in the wind while the two wet culprits sputtered for breath and pulled themselves up onto the muddy bank.

And should you unmask the culprits, they will doubtless defend themselves to the death rather than undergo an Illumination.