murderer
noun
mur·der·er
ˈmər-dər-ər 
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the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Most Popular Notorious murderer Richard Crafts, who used a chain saw to cut up his wife’s body and a wood chipper to dispose of it, is out of prison and living in a halfway house, a state Department of Correction spokeswoman said Friday.
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Her grim discovery ensures Toya will meet the same fate, and in the last episode, as the murderer escapes through the window, Hole discovers the killer’s final victim in the bathroom, tied by her neck to the shower.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
The parolee list features a man who killed his girlfriend’s 22-month-old daughter, and a first-degree murderer who fatally shot a restaurant owner during a robbery.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
His turn into villainy is trickier, yet Gosling hardens his voice and his gaze and successfully spars with the murderer’s row of Giamatti, Clooney, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Her grim discovery ensures Toya will meet the same fate, and in the last episode, as the murderer escapes through the window, Hole discovers the killer’s final victim in the bathroom, tied by her neck to the shower.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
The parolee list features a man who killed his girlfriend’s 22-month-old daughter, and a first-degree murderer who fatally shot a restaurant owner during a robbery.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
His turn into villainy is trickier, yet Gosling hardens his voice and his gaze and successfully spars with the murderer’s row of Giamatti, Clooney, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Murderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murderer. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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murderer
noun
mur·der·er
ˈmər-dər-ər
: a person who commits murder
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