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murderer
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
Synonyms Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)During the Brown trial , however , the state 's most powerful Democratic newspaper , the Providence_Daily_Post , stated that Brown was a murderer , a man of blood , and that he and his associates , with the assistance of Republicans and Abolitionists , had plotted not_only the liberation of the slaves but also the overthrow of state and federal_governments . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Before them stalked the beadle , proclaiming as he went , `` Thus the Council deals with those who break its laws - adulterers , thieves , murderers , and lewd persons . Dice rolled , prostitutes plied their trade , thieves stole , murderers stabbed , and the ungodly blasphemed . |
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