murderer
noun
mur·der·er
ˈmər-dər-ər 
Examples of murderer in a Sentence
the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Tom quickly becomes obsessed with the work of the Italian painter Caravaggio, especially after Dickie explains that Caravaggio was a murderer who created some of his greatest art while on the run from the authorities.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Billy Howle plays a Dutch official who begins investigating several of his countrymen’s disappearances, leading him into the murderer’s orbit.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
The return of a Kander and Ebb classic about celebrity murderers in the Jazz Age.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
Not only has his mother married his father’s brother, but his uncle is the murderer.
—David Catlin, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Number two, and, importantly, as a prosecutor, having prosecuted violent crime and other crimes for 12 years, one individual is responsible for the murder, and that is the murderer.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
The image crossed my mind of a murderer dragging the body through the grass, collecting ticks and mud, with only owls and mice as witnesses.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Ably assisted by some friends — a maverick Scotland Yard detective and a female journalist determined to make a name for herself — Veronica and Stoker take death-defying risks in their quest to ensure the dead woman’s murderer is brought to justice.
—Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
During decades of practicing law, Lincoln defended murderers, slanderers, cheats, cattle thieves, horse thieves.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Billy Howle plays a Dutch official who begins investigating several of his countrymen’s disappearances, leading him into the murderer’s orbit.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
The return of a Kander and Ebb classic about celebrity murderers in the Jazz Age.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
Not only has his mother married his father’s brother, but his uncle is the murderer.
—David Catlin, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Number two, and, importantly, as a prosecutor, having prosecuted violent crime and other crimes for 12 years, one individual is responsible for the murder, and that is the murderer.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
The image crossed my mind of a murderer dragging the body through the grass, collecting ticks and mud, with only owls and mice as witnesses.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Ably assisted by some friends — a maverick Scotland Yard detective and a female journalist determined to make a name for herself — Veronica and Stoker take death-defying risks in their quest to ensure the dead woman’s murderer is brought to justice.
—Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
During decades of practicing law, Lincoln defended murderers, slanderers, cheats, cattle thieves, horse thieves.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
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murderer
noun
mur·der·er
ˈmər-dər-ər
: a person who commits murder
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