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murderer

[mur-der-er] / ˈmɜr dər ər /


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What followed was an unlikely 20-year-long friendship with convicted murderer Roderick Orme, which evolved as the pair exchanged hundreds of letters and emails.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The book does advance one theory of who the murderer is.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

"I am not a saint but I am not a murderer either," Kocner said in 2020 in a statement in court.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

The tag was also, incidentally, a play on “The Blue Dahlia,” a 1946 movie written by Raymond Chandler and starring Veronica Lake as a plucky drifter who helps the hero track down his wife’s murderer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The doorman, who was pacing the room, replied that anyone who was not paranoid, after being told that the murderer would kill again, was really crazy.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin