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• s  deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
  culpable negligence

• The financial institutions are as much culpable as others in this subprime crisis.
• If Serbia had been found culpable of a policy of genocide and aggresion, Bosnian political leaders might have received tens of bilions of dollars in war damages.
• The committee found Senators John Glenn of Ohio ($234,000 in Keating contributions) and John McCain of Arizona ($112,000) the least culpable, engaging only in "poor judgment .

• blameworthy
• blamable
• blameable
• blameful
• censurable

News & Articles

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• Alleged Theft of Cash from Student Lunch Accounts in Region 10 Investigated
  An alleged theft of cash from student lunch accounts at Region 10 schools have prompted an internal investigation, which could result in a termination if a staffed employee is found culpable, and a criminal investigation to recoup the missing funds.
  June 21, 2013 - Litchfield County Times
• Thefts from student lunch accounts under investigation at Region 10 schools
  An alleged theft of cash from student lunch accounts at Region 10 schools has prompted an internal investigation, which could result in a termination if a staffed employee is found culpable, and a criminal investigation to recoup the missing funds.
  June 19, 2013 - The Register Citizen

Quotes

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• Tim Kaine in International Herald Tribune
  I can assure you that no one in Virginia - no one in Virginia - views the Korean community as culpable in this incident in the least degree,Kaine said.
• Jack Roush in SI.com
  I can prove that I was not culpable here and nobody on the team was culpable, and I think that should make a difference,Roush said later Friday at the 99 hauler. "It would make a difference anyplace else in the world. There would be a...
• Michael Ranneberger in AFP
  Those culpable for the fraud should not merely be sacked; they should be prosecuted and put behind bars,Ranneberger said.