murderer
noun/ˈmɜːdərə(r)/
/ˈmɜːrdərər/
- a person who has killed somebody deliberately and illegally synonym killer
- A convicted murderer was on the run last night.
- a mass murderer (= who has killed a lot of people)
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb1- Does the death penalty deter would-be murderers?
- He protested his innocence and promised to help police track down the real murderer.
- The identity of her murderer has not yet been revealed.
- The murderer has struck again.
- How do we know he's not a mass murderer?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accused
- alleged
- suspected
- …
- hunt
- hunt down
- hunt for
- …
- strike
- kill somebody
- bring a murderer to justice
- the identity of the murderer
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