Agent and Culprit

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Agent

Culprit and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Culprit" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Culprit

Culprit noun - A person who has committed a crime.
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Synonyms for Culprit

Agent and culprit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Culprit".

How words are described

human human agent human culprit
female female agent female culprit
best best agent best culprit
certain certain agent certain culprit
Other adjectives: dead, single, corrupt, actual, real, main, attractive, ultimate, former, unknown, titular, previous.

Both words in one sentence

  • Pretends to be an federal agent himself whose already caught the culprit and is organizing evidence then simply walks away.
  • Black Site Tetazoo threatens to use this on a CYBERCOM agent trying to help Gabriel and Riley find the culprit responsible for framing him as an assassin.
    Source: Black Site
  • As noted above, during the attempted assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the gun jammed, the other culprit being the vegetation that the agent had been gathering in the pocket with the gun.
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