Culprits
Suspects
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Attack of the Clones: Spice Miners on the moons of Naboo are the primary suspects of Padme's assassination attempt, until Obi-Wan finds out that Count Dooku and Viceroy Gunray are the real culprits.
Source: Spice of Life -
Paranoia has some kind of world-ending catastrophe in its backstory, and though the details are vague and obscured by time, secrecy and misinformation, the main culprits that The Computer suspects are Communists, hinting at World War III.
Source: The Great Politics Mess-Up - In the trials, the top suspects (Cerys and Sasaki) give confessions, but their friends (Iori and Airi) give such passionate defenses that they manage to get more people to vote for the deceased culprits.
Source: Roleplay / Doubt Academy
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