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

In this eerie, rather primitive context, its easy to surmise that the murderess is a witch.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

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

Spindle City: The Lizzie Borden Musical Katrina Wood’s new musical retells the 19th century tale of the accused murderess.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2016

Some declared that she was a murderess, whose face they never could bear to look on, and therefore of course they never would go near her.

From Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte