murderess

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Marten said she was worried people would think she was "some evil mother" or a "murderess."

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Rivera also inhabited roles like Rosie, the girlfriend of a rock star’s manager in “Bye Bye Birdie,” the original Velma and later the ambitious murderess Roxie in “Chicago,” and former showgirl Lilane in “Nine.”

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

Silence, rather than offering up an explanation for the end of her marriage, was her crime, and in the hysterical Paget’s eyes, it made her tantamount to a murderess.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2018

“The Sinner,” USA Network’s sleeper hit starring Jessica Biel as an amnesia-prone murderess and victim, was intended as a limited series when it premiered in summer 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2018

I shall feel, all my life-long, as though I were his murderess.

From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes