murderer

Example Sentences

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There is a possible motive for the police to try to frame Benguit - their failure to stop a suspected murderer from killing again.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

The book does advance one theory of who the murderer is.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

The tag was also, incidentally, a play on “The Blue Dahlia,” a 1946 movie written by Raymond Chandler and starring Veronica Lake as a plucky drifter who helps the hero track down his wife’s murderer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

A convicted murderer in the state of Victoria has sued the prisons commissioner over his lack of access to the quintessentially Australian condiment.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

I’ve acted like an idiot in front of Metias’s murderer.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu