What is another word for serial murderer?

Pronunciation: [sˈi͡əɹɪə͡l mˈɜːdəɹə] (IPA)

The term "serial murderer" is used to describe a person who kills at least three people over a period of time. It is a specific category of criminal behavior that is often studied by criminologists and law enforcement agencies. Although synonymous terms are not always accurate or appropriate, some alternatives to "serial murderer" may include "serial killer," "mass murderer," "spree killer," or "psychopathic killer." Each of these terms carries slightly different connotations and nuances in meaning, and may be more or less appropriate depending on the specific circumstances of the case or the context in which the term is being used.

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Famous quotes with Serial murderer

  • Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
    Brian De Palma
  • 'Beautifully written . . . the webs of imagery that Harris has so carefully woven . . . contains writing of which our best writers would be proud . . . there is not a singly ugly or dead sentence . . .' - or so sang the critics. is a genre novel, and all genre novels contain dead sentences - unless you feel the throb of life in such periods as 'Tommaso put the lid back on the cooler' or 'Eric Pickford answered' or 'Pazzi worked like a man possessed' or 'Margot laughed in spite of herself' or 'Bob Sneed broke the silence.' What these commentators must be thinking of, I suppose, are the bits when Harris goes all blubbery and portentous (every other phrase a spare tyre), or when, with a fugitive poeticism, he swoons us to a dying fall: 'Starling looked for a moment through the wall, past the wall, out to forever and composed herself...' 'It seemed forever ago...' 'He looked deep, deep into her eyes...' 'His dark eyes held her whole...' Needless to say, Harris has become a serial murderer of English sentences, and is a necropolis of prose.
    Martin Amis

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