as in murderers
a person who kills another person
while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves
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Nothing will slow us down from recruiting more officers to remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists from American communities.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025 -
These officers risk their lives every day to arrest murderers, pedophiles, rapists, terrorists and gang members from our communities.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Presidential assassins and all this dark stuff.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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Up until then, slashers were silent assassins or a breather.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Hillside Strangler case, which saw two serial killers terrorize Los Angeles in the late 1970s, is set to be explored in a new true-crime docuseries for MGM+.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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The message is that men will literally make acoustic concept albums about psycho killers instead of going to therapy.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Cutthroats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutthroats. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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