murderer
Example Sentences
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Outside the United Nations, around 200 demonstrators denounced Iran's deadly protest crackdown, holding placards reading: "No negotiations with murderers".
From Barron's
There is a possible motive for the police to try to frame Benguit - their failure to stop a suspected murderer from killing again.
From BBC
In the original, Hanks’ character is driven to madness, imagining that his neighbors in the creepy house across the street might be murderers.
From Los Angeles Times
“And this man—this so-called murderer— what did he look like?”
From Literature
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“Nicknames such as ‘Lizzie’ are reserved for barmaids and axe murderers, of which you are neither,” she once said.
From Literature
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