culprit

Converse of object

• apprehend: Among the culprits apprehended by enforcement officers during the blitz were a number of carp fisherman in the Environment Agency's Thames region.
• punish: Russian President Vladimir Putin blames terrorists for the bombing, and vows to punish the culprits.
• catch: Thought quick action they might have caught the culprits.
• trace: Both the police and British Energy launched investigations to try and trace the culprit, but failed to do so.
• identify: At the end of each scenario, they must identify the culprit.
• reveal: Had there been a trial he would have been forced to reveal the culprit.

Adjective modifier

• suspected: Newspapers with weak circulation can cross the internet off their list of suspected culprits.
• main: From the present evidence the main culprits are males aged under 30.
• prime: For the large team of police on duty, intoxication was the prime culprit for action they had to take.
• alleged: Three persons were identified as the sole alleged culprits and these were summoned before the Committee.
• chief: Crucially, they failed to take any of them, Robert Earnshaw their chief culprit with seven misses.
• real: Eventually, the real culprit is found to be Roddy's dog, Murphy.

Preposition: behind

• catastrophe: One of the main culprits behind an environmental catastrophe that desolated one of Britainâs most important wildlife habitats has finally been identified.

Modifies a noun

• food: This revolutionary book shows the reader how to do simple tests at home to identify the culprit foods.
• quot: They will work newsgroups rose to primary culprits quot.
• cannot: If you don't report it the culprits cannot be caught.

Possessives

• identity: West was also the first filmaker to suggest to a cinema audience that they keep the culprit's identity a secret.

Preposition: in

• case: The culprit in other cases remains to be identified.

Preposition: for

• warming: In so doing, she will produce only 1.4 tons of carbon dioxide, the main gaseous culprit for global warming.