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
But Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin said blocking such searches would handicap police searching for murderers, kidnappers and robbers.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
This specifically benefits murderers and rapists, the officials said, and implies that parole is automatic, not something earned.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Why hadn’t any of her producers and writers over the years—a murderers’ row including Tove Lo, Julia Michaels, and the duo Monsters & Strangerz, of the Max Martin school—struck the vein of her personality?
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The cast is a murderers row of British actors, and the twisting plot of the novel is full of introspection and doubt, which makes for a tight 127 minutes of shocking revelations told through stern and troubled looks.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
The act allowed murderers’ bodies to be claimed by anatomists for research.
—Tara Ramanathan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
To have these books is such a gift, because Patricia writes a fascinating crime story — great clue trail, great murderers.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
These countries must make their duty clear to the invaders of our beloved homeland and the murderers of our people.
—Haley Ott, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
This specifically benefits murderers and rapists, the officials said, and implies that parole is automatic, not something earned.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Why hadn’t any of her producers and writers over the years—a murderers’ row including Tove Lo, Julia Michaels, and the duo Monsters & Strangerz, of the Max Martin school—struck the vein of her personality?
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The cast is a murderers row of British actors, and the twisting plot of the novel is full of introspection and doubt, which makes for a tight 127 minutes of shocking revelations told through stern and troubled looks.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
The act allowed murderers’ bodies to be claimed by anatomists for research.
—Tara Ramanathan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
To have these books is such a gift, because Patricia writes a fascinating crime story — great clue trail, great murderers.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
These countries must make their duty clear to the invaders of our beloved homeland and the murderers of our people.
—Haley Ott, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murderers
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Riquelme Vega, a Chilean Dutch cocaine importer also in the Super Cartel, wanted to murder a rival in Dubai by sending a team of Colombian assassins to the Emirates, Kinahan voiced his disapproval.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Confronting her ends in violence, drawing Reacher into a web of secrets involving the Pentagon, political assassins and a powerful woman with ties to the military.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Additional rooms focus on killers such as John Wayne Gacy, known as the clown serial killer who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys, and the Green River Killer, named Gary Ridgway, who was convicted of murdering 49 women between 1982 and 1998, among others.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Do not use weed killers—weed manually.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Murderers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderers. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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