guilty party

noun

: the person who committed a crime

Police have not been able to identify the guilty party.

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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