noun
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
• Syn: ↑murderer, ↑liquidator
• Hypernyms:
• Hyponyms:
↑assassin, ↑assassinator, ↑bravo, ↑butcher, ↑cutthroat, ↑fratricide, ↑gunman, ↑gunslinger, ↑hired gun, ↑gun, ↑gun for hire, ↑triggerman, ↑hit man, ↑hitman, ↑torpedo, ↑shooter, ↑hatchet man, ↑iceman, ↑infanticide, ↑mass murderer, ↑murderess, ↑parricide, ↑ripper, ↑serial killer, ↑serial murderer
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Jack the Ripper
Useful english dictionary. 2012.