Culpable Meaning in English

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التعريف

Responsible for doing something wrong or bad; deserving blame.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Used in formal and legal contexts to assign blame. Less common in everyday conversation. Often used with 'of' or 'for': 'culpable of a crime'. Not as strong as 'guilty', which means proven blame in court.

• Spanish: culpable
• Portuguese (BR): culpado
• Portuguese (PT): culpado
• Chinese (Simplified): 有罪的 - 应受谴责的
• Chinese (Traditional): 有罪的 - 應受譴責的
• Hindi: दोषी
• Arabic: مذنب
• Bengali: দোষী - অপরাধী (আইনি বা নৈতিক প্রসঙ্গ)
• Russian: виновный
• Japanese: 責任がある - 過失がある
• Vietnamese: có tội - có trách nhiệm (pháp lý hoặc đạo đức)
• Korean: 과실이 있는 - 책임이 있는
• Turkish: kusurlu - suçlu (yasal/ahlaki sorumluluğu olan)
• Urdu: قصوروار
• Indonesian: bersalah - patut disalahkan

جمل نموذجية

Is she culpable of breaking the rules?

basic

The company was found culpable of neglecting safety procedures.

natural

His actions were wrong, but not legally culpable.

natural

They were not culpable for the loss.

basic

The court found him culpable for the accident.

basic

Nobody said you were culpable—we just want to know what happened.

natural