murderer

1. A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) (synset 110358420)
   is a type of:

   • criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
   • killer, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal
   subtypes:

   • assassin, assassinator, bravo - a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
   • butcher - a brutal indiscriminate murderer
   • cutthroat - someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
   • fratricide - a person who murders their brother or sister
   • gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman - a professional killer who uses a gun
   • hatchet man, iceman - a professional killer
   • infanticide - a person who murders an infant
   • mass murderer - a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident
   • murderess - a woman murderer
   • parricide - someone who kills his or her parent
   • ripper - a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
   • serial killer, serial murderer - someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval
   specific instances: jack the ripper - an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century
   same as: liquidator, manslayer

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