culprit

詳細解釋：

cul.prit

n.（名詞）
One charged with an offense or crime.
罪犯：被指控違法或犯罪的人
One guilty of a fault or crime.
犯過失者，犯罪的人

來源：
Probably from cul. prit
可能源自 cul. prit
abbreviation for Anglo-Norman *culpable: prit d`averrer nostre bille [guilty: (I am) ready to aver our indictment]
英法文 *culpable的縮寫: prit d`averrer nostre bille [證明有罪的：（我）將要證明我們的控告屬實]
culpable [guilty] from Latin culp3bilis * see culpable
culpable [有罪的] 源自 拉丁語 culp3bilis *參見 culpable
*prit [ready] variant of prest from Latin praestô * see presto
*prit [準備就緒的] prest的變體 源自 拉丁語 praestô *參見 presto

<注釋>According to British legal tradition,the wordculprit comes from cul. prit, an abbreviation of the Anglo-Norman legal phraseCulpable: prit d`averrer nostre bille. These words, said by the clerk of the crown in response to a not-guilty plea,meant, .Guilty: I am ready to aver our indictment..After law French went out of official use in the courts,the shortened formcul. prit was misinterpreted as a term of address used by the clerk to a prisoner indicted for high treason or felony and pleading .not guilty.. Culprit is first recorded in such a use in '78. The term was thereafter taken to mean .the accused,.and then, by association with Latinculpa, .guilt,. it came to mean .a guilty party..
根據英國法律的傳統，culprit 一詞源於 cul. prit ， 這是英國法文的法律短語Culpable： prit d`averrer nostre bille 的縮略語。 這些詞語是王國政府的書記員在回答對於被指控罪名不服的申訴時所說的，意思是：.證明有罪的：我將要證實我們的控告屬實。.在諾曼人的法律法文不限於在法庭中使用後，其縮略形式cul.prit 被錯誤地理解為一種稱呼，書記員用它來稱呼被控犯有判國罪或重罪但又申辯.無罪.的犯人。 Culprit 一詞最早在'78年以這種用法被記錄下來。 這個詞語自那以後被用來指.被控告的人.，然後它與拉丁語culpa .有罪的.一詞相聯繫， 用來表示.被證明有罪的一方.