guilty party
noun
: the person who committed a crime
Police have not been able to identify the guilty party.
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The moment is humiliating for all involved, but Moynahan feels that at the time, Natasha was seen as the sole guilty party, for the crime of preventing the union of a fan-favorite couple.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2024
But as its two leads burrow themselves in the hunt for a guilty party, their journey turns out to be as dirtied and disorienting as the very systems from which the former Soviet country was weening itself, just a few years after their independence.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
The guilty party on Edman’s error wasn’t as clear in the postgame clubhouse.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
Making Jaden the guilty party feels like a contrivance designed to shock viewers and subvert our expectations without bothering to convince us that this character had it in her to kill her father's lover.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 24 July 2024
And clever minds may even spot the murder weapon and maybe even the guilty party or parties.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
But Loretta is more than another potentially guilty party being played by a notable name.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2023
What is even better is knowing the guilty party is held accountable.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2024
But as its two leads burrow themselves in the hunt for a guilty party, their journey turns out to be as dirtied and disorienting as the very systems from which the former Soviet country was weening itself, just a few years after their independence.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
The guilty party on Edman’s error wasn’t as clear in the postgame clubhouse.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
Making Jaden the guilty party feels like a contrivance designed to shock viewers and subvert our expectations without bothering to convince us that this character had it in her to kill her father's lover.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 24 July 2024
And clever minds may even spot the murder weapon and maybe even the guilty party or parties.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
But Loretta is more than another potentially guilty party being played by a notable name.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2023
What is even better is knowing the guilty party is held accountable.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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“Guilty party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guilty%20party. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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