Culprit and Fool

Culprit

Culprit noun - A person who has committed a crime.

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

Fool noun - A person who lacks good sense or judgment.

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Culprit and fool are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Culprit" instead a noun "Fool".

common	common culprit	common fool
complete	complete culprit	complete fool
original	original culprit	original fool
real	real culprit	real fool
Other adjectives: big, former, bigger.

The Orgy of Evidence double-bluff in Jingo fails to fool Nobby and Colon, who see stereotypical Klatchian signs and think the culprit must be Klatchian.

Source: Too Dumb to Fool
Assuming a lawyer could have persuaded Kenan to settle for one million dollars as the cannery proposed, Kenan was really a fool in that case since it turns out the tuna company was innocent, and the real culprit -if by accident- was actually Kel.

Source: A Fool for a Client

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