murderer
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mur·der·er /ˈmɜːdərə $ ˈmɜːrdərər/ ●●○ noun [countable] SCCKILLsomeone who murders another person 谋杀犯，凶手 a convicted murderer 已定罪的谋杀犯 his brother’s murderer 谋害他兄弟的凶手Examples from the Corpus
murderer• What is there about a murderer that can make him so irresistible?• Might not a murderer, she wondered, erase the memory of the deed?• Her two sons sought retribution for their father, but Rita would rather her sons died than become murderers.• A convicted murderer was on the run last night after escaping from Lewes prison.• a convicted murderer• Do you think the police will ever catch her murderer?• In prison he enjoyed reading biographies of other mass murderers.• That year, Esquire magazine sent contributing editor Philip Caputo to Stockton to discover what might have motivated the mass murderer.• The Moors murderer Ian Brady, 62, has been denied the right to starve himself to death.• She did not like what she had been, murdered or murderer, victim or vampire.• The announcement shocked the nation, and many people hoped the murderers would be brought to justice.• Or put them in jail with murderers and hooligans all in the name of Karl Marx and Lenin.mur·der·er nounChineseSyllable
person who someone Corpus another murders
murderer
mur‧der‧er /ˈmɜːdərə $ ˈmɜːrdərər/
noun [countable]someone who murders another person:
a convicted murderer
his brother’s murderer
■ different types of criminal
▪thief someone who steals things: Car thieves have been working in the area. | The thieves stole over £5,000 worth of jewellery.
▪robber someone who steals money or valuable things from a bank, shop etc – used especially when someone sees the person who is stealing: a masked robber armed with a shotgun | They were the most successful bank robbers in US history.
▪burglar someone who goes into people’s homes in order to steal: The burglars broke in through a window.
▪shoplifter someone who takes things from shops without paying for them: The cameras have helped the store catch several shoplifters.
▪pickpocket someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd: A sign warned that pickpockets were active in the station.
▪conman/fraudster someone who deceives people in order to get money or things: Conmen tricked the woman into giving them her savings, as an ‘investment’.
▪forger someone who illegally copies official documents, money, artworks etc: a forger who fooled museum curators
▪counterfeiter someone who illegally copies money, official documents, or goods: Counterfeiters in Colombia are printing almost perfect dollar bills.
▪pirate someone who illegally copies and sells another person’s work: DVD pirates
▪mugger someone who attacks and robs people in public places: Muggers took his money and mobile phone.
▪murderer someone who deliberately kills someone else: His murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment. | the murderer of civil rights activist Medgar Evers | He is a mass murderer (=someone who kills a large number of people).
▪serial killer someone who kills several people, one after the other over a period of time, in a similar way: Shipman was a trusted family doctor who became Britain's worst serial killer.
▪rapist someone who forces someone else to have sex: Some rapists drug their victims so that they become unconscious.
▪sex offender someone who is guilty of a crime related to sex: Too many sex offenders are released from prison early.
▪vandal someone who deliberately damages public property: Vandals broke most of the school’s windows.
▪arsonist someone who deliberately sets fire to a building: The warehouse fire may have been the work of an arsonist.
mur‧der‧er /ˈmɜːdərə $ ˈmɜːrdərər/
noun [countable]someone who murders another person: | THESAURUS |
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