@381dbcc7: Being culpable means being responsible or deserving of blame for something that has gone wrong. An accomplice is someone who helps another person commit a crime or wrongdoing. If someone is an accomplice to an assailant, it means they helped the assailant in some way to commit an assault or attack. In legal terms, an accomplice can be charged with the same crime as the person who committed the act, even if they didn't physically carry out the act themselves.