guilty party

Example Sentences

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That’s the kind of defense being presented on behalf of Sen. Robert Menendez, for example, who is arguing that his wife is the guilty party.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

And there is not just one guilty party.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024

Most dementia-related transgressions do not land the guilty party in prison or even in front of a jury.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

Members of that group successfully sued, saying enough people knew who they were to assume that they might be the guilty party.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2023

I said I hadn’t used it, and Margot backed me up, since she was the guilty party.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank