murderers

plural of murderer
as in assassins
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 murderers Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin said blocking such searches would handicap police searching for murderers, kidnappers and robbers. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Our law enforcement officers are on the frontlines arresting terrorists, gang members, murderers, pedophiles and rapists. Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026 Moscow has long portrayed UPA fighters as murderers and Nazi collaborators, and has accused Zelenskyy of being an heir to this legacy, falsely claiming that his government is overrun by Nazis as a pretext for its full-scale invasion. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 June 2026 There can be legitimate debate on immigration, but Trump veers into sinister areas of xenophobia of invading rapists and murderers. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026 That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning. Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 That is always top of mind for writers like Ian Brennan, whose story about life and motivations of one of the most notorious murderers and grave robbers in American history was also an exploration of complex mental health struggles. Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 June 2026 DeMore, who served 12 years as a prosecutor in the Suffolk DA’s office along with seven years as a criminal defense attorney, would have been the lone ex-prosecutor on the Parole Board — which has been releasing dozens of first-degree murderers from prison. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026 Working primarily in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), Reeves tracked down murderers, thieves, bootleggers and other outlaws across a vast and often dangerous frontier. Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
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Noun
  • Lucky Number Slevin, a movie about mistaken identity, rival crime syndicates, and assassins, was, for some reason (Josh Hartnett), one of the comfort movies of my childhood.
    Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 July 2026
  • These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.
    Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Malaria is one of the great historical killers for humanity, causing 610,000 deaths in 2024 alone, according to the World Health Organization.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Well, maybe go by the support acts — some of the shows are worth it for the openers alone, like a double-support bill starting in August of Queens of the Stone Age teamed with Philly’s punkoid killers, Mannequin Pussy.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 14 July 2026

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