culpable negligence

Noun

uncountable

(law) Gross negligence subject to criminal liability.

Japanese Meaning

刑事責任の対象となる重大な過失

The committee concluded that the executive's culpable negligence directly led to the environmental disaster.

委員会は、役員の刑事責任を問われる重過失が環境災害を直接引き起こしたと結論づけた。

Sense（1）

(law) Gross negligence subject to criminal liability.

One who causes another's death by culpable negligence is guilty of second-degree manslaughter.