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murderer

[mur-der-er] / ˈmɜr dər ər /


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A group of other Russian and German prisoners were also freed, in exchange for Western countries releasing several Russian assets, including convicted murderer Vadim Krasikov.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Nicolas Winding Refn directs this inscrutable yet mesmerizing thriller that follows the converging stories of an actress, an American G.I., and a mysterious murderer called the Leather Man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

At night, Elle shrugs on her father’s heavy black coat and slips into a reverie about a myth in which a grief-stricken murderer called the Leather Man searches for his lost daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The brother of Natalie McNally has said an appeal by her murderer, Stephen McCullagh, against his 31-year sentence is re-traumatising for her family.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

He called Rush a quack and a murderer, and even suggested the doctor was mentally unstable.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Convicted murderers and prisoners on orders for lifelong restriction would be excluded from the changes.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Still, she imposed what Norman Podhoretz called an “inordinate demand”: that Jews under Hitler be braver and nobler than ordinary people could be expected to be when murderers held all the power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Either way, reluctance to associate either Salinger or his most indelible creation with crazed murderers meant keeping their own wounds at arms’ length.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

"China supports Thailand in conducting the trial in accordance with the law and severely punishing the murderers."

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Which was strange, because just minutes earlier he had been acting like we were all murderers for not crying our eyes out.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson




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