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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Noun
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And there exists no explicit government edict banning speculation about the motivation of murderers.—
Onkar Ghate,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Such comparisons are too easily drawn, with too much self-righteousness, as though the guilt for what was done to the Jews could be lightened just a little by likening them to their own murderers.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Are assassins like Kirk’s killer simply pathological outliers among agitated but otherwise self-restrained populations?—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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Brian’s life is saved by Murtagh, who tackles him and rolls him to a hiding spot while the assassins pass.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the minutes leading up to the end of the show, Gein has a vision of several serial killers ushering him to the afterlife.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
6 Oct. 2025
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Gein was also the inspiration for other killers in pop culture, including Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Cutthroats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutthroats. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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