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murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) |
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liquidator,
manslayer |
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criminal,
crook,
felon,
malefactor,
outlaw someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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killer,
slayer a difficulty that is hard to deal with; "that exam was a real killer"
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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; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"
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butcher a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
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cutthroat someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
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fratricide the murder of your sibling
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gun,
gunman,
gunslinger,
gun for hire,
hired gun,
hitman,
hit man,
shooter,
torpedo,
triggerman the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute"
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hatchet man,
iceman one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
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infanticide murdering an infant
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mass murderer a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident
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murderess a woman murderer
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parricide the murder of your own father or mother
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ripper a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the Ripper was probably a madman"
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serial killer,
serial murderer someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval
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