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murderer

noun

ˈmər-dər-ər

Definition of murderer

as in assassin

a person who kills another person the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole

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Recent Examples of murderer The murderer, weapon and room change with every performance, allowing attendees to decode puzzles and identify a unique set of clues. — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026 The murderer, whose name is Catherine but who goes by many other aliases, has a one-track mind set to revenge. — Judy Berman, Time, 27 July 2026 At his funeral back in Chicago, the boy’s mother, Mamie Till, insisted on an open casket so all the world could see what racist murderers had done to her only son. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026 For his work as murderer Andrew Cunanan in the latter, Criss won his first Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, and Critics’ Choice Awards. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for murderer

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By the time Cameron came up with the idea for The Terminator — about a robot assassin sent back in time to kill the mother of humanity’s unborn savior — Wisher was growing more interested in screenwriting.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Their characters — a notorious assassin and a lawyer — race across Europe, balancing brutal fights and a messy, decades-long friendship.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

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Before Salguero-Olivares was charged, Hedgepeth’s mother, Connie Hedgepeth, spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about her hopes for the case and her daughter’s killer.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
The district attorney who put the killer behind bars for the rest of his life and won an unprecedented murder conviction against his father, agreed.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

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