as in murderers
a person who kills another person
Cain has the distinction of being the Bible's first and most infamous manslayer
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Noun
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With the relentless coverage of the Murdaughs on national news, and certainly amid the plethora of podcasts and docuseries, many of the details about the family and Maggie and Paul’s murderers have long been public knowledge.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025 -
Hodge leads the cast in the titular role of Alex Cross, a brilliant homicide detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely capable of digging into the minds of murderers to identify and catch them.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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First, though, more assassins come for them.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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Hexum played Mac Harper, the former Special Forces soldier helping Dani Reynolds (Jennifer O'Neill) find her husband's killers.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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But where the power play has been quiet for the last few nights, the penalty killers have been spot-on.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Manslayers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manslayers. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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