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culpable negligence

DEFINITIONS OF: culpable negligence

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n (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)

Synonyms:
criminal negligence
Type of:
carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
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