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Murder , Murder
The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse.
Murder is perhaps the single most serious criminal offense. Depen… Burke And Hare , Burke and Hare These men are universally believed to have been body snatchers, but in fact they made a good living in the 1820s supplying an Edinburg… Vendetta , vendetta •abetter, begetter, better, bettor, biretta, bruschetta, carburettor (US carburetor), debtor, feta, fetter, forgetter, getter, go-getter, Gr… Jack The Ripper , Epithet of a brutal murderer in Whitechapel, London's east side. Over a period of some ten weeks during 1888 five prostitutes were murdered and mutil… Clytemnestra , Clytemnestra •jarrah, para, Tara •abracadabra, Aldabra •Alhambra • Vanbrugh •Cassandra, Sandra •Aphra, Biafra •Niagara, pellagra, Viagra •bhangra, In… Agatha Christie , Christie, Agatha
BORN: 1890, Torquay, England
DIED: 1976, Wallingford, England
NATIONALITY: British
GENRE: Fiction, Drama
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