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单词 serial killing
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Definition of serial killing in English:

serial killing

noun
  • 1One of a series of murders, typically having similar characteristics, that are committed by the same person.

    a man has been arrested in connection with the Suffolk serial killings
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So he's more of a catalyst in the movie, centering around a story that's based on a serial killing.
    • He is cast in a small, but respectable role of a police inspector investigating the serial killings.
    • She was found guilty of murdering seven of her patients and the attempted murder of three others in a country unfamiliar with serial killings.
    • The murders are believed to be Australia's worst ever serial killings.
    • You've spent a lot of your professional career studying these kinds of people who may be engaged in spree killings or serial killings.
    • Tomorrow night, we'll look at the Green River serial killings.
    • This man is suspected of serial killings of five Louisiana women.
    • Police acknowledged having few clues or eyewitness accounts to solve one of the most frightening serial killings in memory.
    • One of his many stats I plan to catalogue is that more serial killings occur in Hollywood movies than have occurred in real life.
    • In all serial killings, the killers had experienced some psycho-social developmental problem that made them fantasise.
    1. 1.1mass noun The action of committing a series of murders, each typically having similar characteristics.
      his current case concerns the serial killing of young women who are first sedated, then murdered
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Serial killing, a rare and headline-grabbing crime, is not well understood.
      • Either way, the disease of serial killing is on the rise, especially with alcoholism and drug abuse being at an all time high.
      • Yes, guilt can lead to alienation and alienation can lead to serial killing.
      • Could there be any other mental condition implicated in serial killing, other than psychopathy or APD?
      • The crimes for which the Death Sentence can be awarded in America are numerous, ranging from rape to serial killing.
      • But today the idea of serial killing as a symptom of harmless eccentricity seems somewhat faded.
      • There is a long and well-documented connection between animal cruelty and human serial killing.
      • The former nurse is accused of killing her patients in a serial killing spree that may have claimed more than 20 lives in a three-month period.
      • Sure, he seems a poster boy for all this is wrong with the world, but there are so many other examples of serial killing that should trump him.
      • These are the key figures in the serial killing case that shocked Britain.

Definition of serial killing in US English:

serial killing

noun
  • 1One of a series of murders, typically having similar characteristics, that are committed by the same person.

    a man has been arrested in connection with the Suffolk serial killings
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You've spent a lot of your professional career studying these kinds of people who may be engaged in spree killings or serial killings.
    • Tomorrow night, we'll look at the Green River serial killings.
    • So he's more of a catalyst in the movie, centering around a story that's based on a serial killing.
    • One of his many stats I plan to catalogue is that more serial killings occur in Hollywood movies than have occurred in real life.
    • Police acknowledged having few clues or eyewitness accounts to solve one of the most frightening serial killings in memory.
    • She was found guilty of murdering seven of her patients and the attempted murder of three others in a country unfamiliar with serial killings.
    • The murders are believed to be Australia's worst ever serial killings.
    • In all serial killings, the killers had experienced some psycho-social developmental problem that made them fantasise.
    • He is cast in a small, but respectable role of a police inspector investigating the serial killings.
    • This man is suspected of serial killings of five Louisiana women.
    1. 1.1 The action of committing a series of murders, each typically having similar characteristics.
      his current case concerns the serial killing of young women who are first sedated, then murdered
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The crimes for which the Death Sentence can be awarded in America are numerous, ranging from rape to serial killing.
      • Sure, he seems a poster boy for all this is wrong with the world, but there are so many other examples of serial killing that should trump him.
      • The former nurse is accused of killing her patients in a serial killing spree that may have claimed more than 20 lives in a three-month period.
      • But today the idea of serial killing as a symptom of harmless eccentricity seems somewhat faded.
      • There is a long and well-documented connection between animal cruelty and human serial killing.
      • These are the key figures in the serial killing case that shocked Britain.
      • Either way, the disease of serial killing is on the rise, especially with alcoholism and drug abuse being at an all time high.
      • Serial killing, a rare and headline-grabbing crime, is not well understood.
      • Yes, guilt can lead to alienation and alienation can lead to serial killing.
      • Could there be any other mental condition implicated in serial killing, other than psychopathy or APD?
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