murderer
noun
mur·der·er
ˈmər-dər-ər 
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the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Movie gods, hear our prayer: may cinematic murderers never remember to shut their blinds, amen.
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More terrifying props await on the inside, including the reaper puppet master, the next-door murderer trying to escape through a metal door, and lots of other creepy zombies, ghosts, and dark creatures.
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Such innocuous forms of teenage rebellion as heavy metal fandom or Dungeons & Dragons could get a kid branded a cultist—if not a murderer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Movie gods, hear our prayer: may cinematic murderers never remember to shut their blinds, amen.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
More terrifying props await on the inside, including the reaper puppet master, the next-door murderer trying to escape through a metal door, and lots of other creepy zombies, ghosts, and dark creatures.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Such innocuous forms of teenage rebellion as heavy metal fandom or Dungeons & Dragons could get a kid branded a cultist—if not a murderer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for murderer
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murderer
noun
mur·der·er
ˈmər-dər-ər
: a person who commits murder
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