Culprit and Gun

Culprit

Culprit noun - A person who has committed a crime.

Usage example: the police caught the culprit a mere two blocks from the scene of the crime

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

Gun noun - A portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder.

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Culprit and gun are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Culprit" instead a noun "Gun".

Nearby Word: gunroom

best	best culprit	best gun
particular	particular culprit	particular gun
common	common culprit	common gun
original	original culprit	original gun
Other adjectives: fake, single, actual, real, big, huge, main, different, red, bigger, biggest.

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.

Source: Convenient Misfire
Turns out, that culprit hid the gun he used in his car, which was being repossessed by the tow truck driver on the morning of the shooting.

Source: Chekhovs Gun / Live-Action TV
The culprit shot the water twice and swam away; the confused Edgeworth had no idea the gun had just been used in a murder.

Source: Better Manhandle the Murder Weapon

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