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Murderer synonyms

mûr'dər-ər

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assassin
A member of a militant subgroup of Ismailis that in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries carried out political assassinations directed especially against Seljuk rule.
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killer (related)
One that kills:
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homicide
(Countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
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massacrer
One who massacres.
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triggerman
A gunman, especially one who shoots someone.
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criminal (related)
Constituting, implying, or involving a crime or an element of a crime.
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executioner (related)
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murderess
A woman who commits or has committed murder
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butcher
A person who cuts up meat for sale
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help (related)
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
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manslayer
One, such as a person or animal, that kills a human.
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slayer
One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer of life.
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liquidator
Any of the workers involved in cleaning up the Chernobyl disaster
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traitor (related)
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murder (related)
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robber (related)
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blackmailer (related)
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torturer (related)
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felon (related)
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kidnapper (related)
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fugitive (related)
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psychopath (related)
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conspirator (related)
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perjurer (related)
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ringleader (related)
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rapist (related)
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Murderer Sentence Examples

  • That murderer confessed to the authorities.

  • A single case of homicide often leads to a series of similar crimes or to protracted warfare between neighbouring families and communities; the murderer, as a rule, takes refuge in the mountains from the avenger of blood, or remains for years shut up in his house.

  • Rhyn was a mass murderer, a creature who had tried to wipe out the human race.

  • He wasn't a criminal, a thief, or murderer but someone who happened to have a bone to pick with Romas's brother and managed to get caught.

  • In every case of death from disease or unknown causes sorcery was suspected and an inquest held, at which the corpse was asked by each relative in succession the name of the murderer.

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