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Something like an individual fingerprint or a DNA strand from a human hair, but designed for paint. Combined with buyer records and product barcodes, graffiti *culprits would be pinpointed. The war on graffiti is far from lost.
What's the difference between culprit and the criminal?
Something like an individual fingerprint or a DNA strand from a human hair, but designed for paint. Combined with buyer records and product barcodes, graffiti *culprits would be pinpointed. The war on graffiti is far from lost.
What's the difference between culprit and the criminal?
What's the difference between culprit and the criminal?
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A culprit is someone that did commit the crime, even if they are not charged, arrested, caught or convicted.
A criminal is someone that is convicted of a crime. (They may be innocent but if they are convicted, they would be known as and referred to as a criminal)
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@nomadatlatl
Also important to note that a criminal is someone who did something illegal, whereas a culprit is the person responsible for a misdeed, which is not necessarily illegal:
Who keeps eating my lunch?? 👀Never mind, I found the culprit!!
I think maybe criminal is closer to 犯罪者, and culprit is closer to 犯人
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