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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Recent Examples of murderer The 18 tracks feature a murderers’ row of underground producers, including many he’s worked with in the past — Segal, the Alchemist, Messiah Musik, Preservation — as well as El-P, Sadhugold, Ant from Atmosphere, Steel Tipped Dove, and Conductor Williams. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025 Prisons, mental institutions, gang members -- murderers. Abc News, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025 There is an endless supply of them, usually taking place in lovely ancient English towns, where there seem to be a fantastic number of murderers. Shannon Doyne, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025 At 13, Dean is even the same age as Adolescence’s middle school murderer. Judy Berman, Time, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for murderer
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Noun
  • King Shrewd secretly trains young Fitz as an assassin, harnessing his ancestral magic.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 May 2025
  • Those were the final words uttered by Emperor Uriel Septum—played by none other than Star Trek's Patrick Stewart—before an assassin leaped out of the shadows to cut him down.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Remembering Molly Elliott, killed by Louisiana Death Row inmate Their killer is facing execution by firing squad.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • In a classic horror premise (a school dance in the ’80s, no less), a killer is picking off Shadyside High’s prom-queen candidates one by one.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 May 2025

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