| 单词 | murderer |
| 释义 | murderer (once / 335 pages) n If you’re looking for a roommate and someone writes murderer under “occupation,” you should definitely keep looking. A murderer is a person who kills deliberately and without justification. In some instances, killing a person is considered a just or valid action — in a war, a soldier who kills another soldier is not considered to be a murderer, and people who kill in self-defense, to save themselves, are also not murderers. Killing out of anger or for money or revenge is murder, and anyone who does it is a murderer. Charles Manson is in jail for being a murderer. The Old English root of murderer is morðor, "unlawful killing." WORD FAMILYmurderer: murderers+/murder: murdered, murderer, murdering, murderous, murders/murderous: murderously, murderousness USAGE EXAMPLESThe Jackson newspaper reports that an indictment accuses Calloway of trying to get accused murderer Marvin Banks away from the scene of the officers’ shootings. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) You may also remember him from a citation in South Carolina church mass murderer Dylann Roof’s manifesto. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) Apple clashed with the FBI when it refused to unlock an iPhone used by a murderer. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) n a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper liquidator, manslayer Jack the Ripper an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century John Wilkes BoothUnited States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) Lee Harvey OswaldUnited States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963) assassin, assassinator, bravo a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed butchera brutal indiscriminate murderer cutthroatsomeone who murders by cutting the victim's throat fratricidea person who murders their brother or sister gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggermana professional killer who uses a gun hatchet man, icemana professional killer infanticidea person who murders an infant mass murderera person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident murderessa woman murderer parricidesomeone who kills his or her parent rippera murderer who slashes the victims with a knife serial killer, serial murderersomeone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval matricidea person who murders their mother patricidea person who murders their father spree killera serial killer whose murders occur within a brief period of time criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime killer, slayersomeone who causes the death of a person or animal |
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