as in assassin
a person who kills another person
the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Former police officer and Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo was sentenced to life in prison in a decades-old case of a serial murderer and rapist.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
After fruitless pleading fails to sway the murderer, the grandmother has a sudden realization.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Cosmopolitan has already speculated that Saxon could be the murderer this season, and his name’s meaning adds some pretty compelling evidence to this theory.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
There will also not be a murderer found until the show’s conclusion, but don’t ask anyone who’s seen the beloved whodunit.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
After fruitless pleading fails to sway the murderer, the grandmother has a sudden realization.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Cosmopolitan has already speculated that Saxon could be the murderer this season, and his name’s meaning adds some pretty compelling evidence to this theory.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
There will also not be a murderer found until the show’s conclusion, but don’t ask anyone who’s seen the beloved whodunit.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for murderer
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“Murderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderer. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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