单词 | serial murderer |
释义 | > as lemmasserial murderer serial murderer n. = serial killer n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > types of assassin1340 Old Man of the Mountain1579 fedai1723 thug1810 nasty man1863 Jack the Ripper1888 ripper1909 trunk murderer1925 sex killer1935 mass-murderer1943 serial murderer1947 psycho-killer1949 serial killer1967 spree killer1983 1947Serial murderer [see sense A. 7]. 1965 T. A. Cullen When London walked in Terror xii. 171 The landlady heroine..cannot bring herself to turn over to the police the lodger, Mr. Sleuth, whom she suspects of being a serial murderer. 1983 News Herald (Panama City, Florida) 27 Oct. 9 a/1 Unlike mass murderers, whose killings all occur in one spot, serial murderers often cross city and state lines, making their detection more difficult. 1997 I. Rankin Black & Blue (1998) vii. 119 The serial murderer was supposedly withdrawn, with few close friends, so he had forced himself to become gregarious. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Dec. 90/1 According to Babiak and Hare, white-collar psychopaths are not apt to become serial rapists or murderers. < as lemmas |
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