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serial killer

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serial killer
n.
A person who attacks and kills victims one by one in a series of incidents.
serial killer
n
a person who carries out a series of murders
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.serial killer - someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short intervalserial killer - someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval
serial murderer
liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
spree killer - a serial killer whose murders occur within a brief period of time
Translations
serial killer
n → Serienmörder(in) m(f), → Serienkiller(in) m(f)
serial killer n → serial-killer m/f inv
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The play chronicles the life of Jack Unterweger, a real-life Austrian serial killer who murdered a dozen prostitutes in Austria, the Czech Republic and California before committing suicide in prison in 1994, the theatre said in a statement.
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The serial killer kills primarily for a compulsive sexual reason, often a repulsive one, Lustmord, although, just to make things more complicated, adjunctive benefits may, accidentally as it were, accrue.
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