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 Agent Mulder, hot on the trail of a group of murderers who are harvesting their victims' organs, breaks into a makeshift laboratory in an attempt to save an abducted woman. Brett Tingley, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026 The statement came after Roth detailed a sequence in the film to Polygon that features a cartoon that seemingly hypnotizes children, turning them into murderers. Corbin Bolies, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 Not only did the scale of the broader violence across the South indicate a campaign to mass-murder an ethnic subgroup for political purposes, but Tillman, perhaps the most infamous of the Hamburg murderers, never denied the attack’s goals. Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 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 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 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
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Noun
  • Bannerman centers on the eponymous Paul Bannerman, a lethal covert operative who convinces a group of the world’s most deadly assassins to quit the spy game for a chance to lead normal lives in the suburbs of Connecticut.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Clive Owen and other assassins pursue them through the streets of Europe.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • With his newfound resolve/death wish, Jacob is determined to keep his sister’s and nephew’s killers on that bridge until backup arrives.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • There are many ways to rid your garden of those intrusive weeds, from commercial weed killers to more natural methods like using vinegar.
    Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Murderers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderers. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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