plural slayings            
        
    
                                
              
          
                                                      : the act of killing a person : killing, murder                                      
                
                  —used chiefly in journalistic writing
a gangland slaying
Sunday's slayings bring to 14 the number of killings this year in what police call gang-related attacks.— Peter Stein
Peter Stein
He is accused of ordering the 1989 slayings and robberies of three drug dealers …— Joseph P. Fried
Joseph P. Fried
    
                
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