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Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.
Bryan Batt

Meaning of "serial killer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SERIAL KILLER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERIAL KILLER

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Serial killer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SERIAL KILLER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Serial killer

A serial killer is, traditionally, a person who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders. Some sources, such as the FBI, disregard the "three or more" criterion and define the term as "a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone" or, including the vital characteristics, a minimum of two murders. The motivation for serial killing is usually based on psychological gratification. Most of the killings involve sexual contact with the victim, but the FBI states that motives for serial murder include "anger, thrill, financial gain, and attention seeking". The murders may have been attempted or completed in a similar fashion and the victims may have had something in common; for example, occupation, race, appearance, sex, or age group. Serial killing is not the same as mass murdering, nor is it spree killing, in which murders are committed in two or...

Definition of serial killer in the English dictionary

The definition of serial killer in the dictionary is a person who carries out a series of murders.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SERIAL KILLER

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Synonyms and antonyms of serial killer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «serial killer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SERIAL KILLER

Find out the translation of serial killer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of serial killer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «serial killer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

连环杀手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asesino en serie
570 millions of speakers

English

serial killer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सीरियल किलर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سفاح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

серийный убийца
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assassino em série
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেশাদার খুনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tueur en série
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembunuh bersiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Serienmörder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

連続殺人犯
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연쇄 살인범
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Serial killer
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

giết người hàng loạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர் கொலைகாரன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिरीयल किलर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Seri katil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serial killer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

seryjny morderca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

серійний вбивця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

criminal în serie
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

serial killer
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

reeksmoordenaar
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

seriemördare
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

seriemorder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of serial killer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SERIAL KILLER»

The term «serial killer» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.317 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SERIAL KILLER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about serial killer

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10 QUOTES WITH «SERIAL KILLER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word serial killer.
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Bryan Batt
Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.
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Marc Blucas
Most of the time, actors respond to the thing that's so far from who they are. We all want to play the serial killer and the ex-con.
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Jonathan Brandis
I do look forward to doing things in the future that I haven't done before. Do you know what I have always dreamt about? Playing a serial killer!
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Matthew Bright
I followed him at the time and thought he was hysterical. He was the first serial killer, a new kettle of fish, because we didn't have the detection techniques in those days.
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Pat Brown
The one noticeable similarity with almost all serial killer victims is their short height and low weight.
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Pat Brown
Telling the community a serial killer is out there stirs up a lot of unpleasant attention.
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Pat Brown
Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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Pat Brown
The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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Pat Brown
While we are being fascinated by the tales of famous serial killers and how they were brought to justice, the real serial killer goes about his business with hardly a thought to being caught.
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Pat Brown
Last but not least among serial killer methodologies, we have women who kill their own children.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERIAL KILLER»

Discover the use of serial killer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to serial killer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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I Am Not A Serial Killer
Dan Wells’s debut novel is the first volume of a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Dan Wells, 2010
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The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man's Tragedy Helped ...
The Serial Killer Whisperer takes readers into the minds of murderers like never before, but it also tells the inspiring tale of a struggling American family and a tormented young man who found healing and closure in the most unlikely ...
Pete Earley, 2012
3
The Green River Serial Killer
This first book by Pennie Morehead chronicles the life of Judith, the wife of Gary Ridgway, the infamous serial killer of more than 48 women.
Pennie Morehead, 2012
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Deadly Charm: The Story of a Deaf Serial Killer
Born deaf and given to the state by his mother, Patrick McCullough faced a hard life with equal parts of charm and rage that eventually lead him to kill.
McCay Vernon, Marie Vernon, 2010
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The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why ...
For more than one hundred profiles of lethal loners and killer couples, Bluebeards and black widows, cannibals and copycats– this is an indispensable, spine-tingling, eye-popping investigation into the dark hearts and mad minds of that ...
Harold Schechter, 2003
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The Making of a Serial Killer
The man convicted of the vicious murders of five college students in Gainesville, Florida, discusses his motivations and actions in commiting the crimes, reflects on what made him into a killer, and his struggle to come to terms with what ...
Danny Rolling, Sondra London, 2011
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Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of ...
Death in the City of Light is the gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris.
David King, 2011
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The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations: The Grisly ...
This is the first book of its kind that combines state-of-the-art psychological assessment experience with the expertise of a homicide investigator who has tracked some of this country s most notorious serial killers.
Robert D. Keppel, William J. Birnes, 2003
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I: The Creation of a Serial Killer
It is also the story of the fate that befell him after two innocent citizens were imprisoned four years for one of his killings.
Jack Olsen, 2003
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Psycho Paths: Tracking the Serial Killer Through ...
Faced with a blizzard of works of varying quality dealing with the serial killer, Simpson has ruled out the catalog approach in this study in favor of in-depth an analysis of the best American work in the genre.
Philip L. Simpson, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SERIAL KILLER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term serial killer is used in the context of the following news items.
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The twisted friendship of crime writer Ann Rule and serial killer Ted …
But for a generation raised on true-crime pulp and TV movies about Bundy, he remains the face of serial murder in America — the killer of at least 30 women ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Woman kills suspected serial killer who answered her Backpage …
Police suspect a man shot dead by an escort may be a serial killer, after finding a chilling collection of items in his car.​. Former security guard Neal Falls, 45, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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In Connecticut serial killer case, four more bodies found behind strip …
(CNN) The remains of at least four additional people have been found during a serial killer investigation behind a Connecticut strip mall where the bodies of ... «CNN, May 15»
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Families of victims in Los Angeles 'Grim Sleeper' serial killer case …
6, 2015, to set a trial date for Franklin, who is charged with 10 counts of murder, and has been dubbed the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer. Prosecutors are citing ... «Fox News, Feb 15»
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Angus Sinclair: Scotland's worst serial killer?
There have been serial killers elsewhere, in other countries. ... "Peter Tobin is clearly one of the worst killers we've ever seen in recent times, but Sinclair is by far ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
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Serial Killer, 74, Sentenced To 3 Life Terms Without Possibility Of …
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A 74-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole for strangling three ... «CBS Local, Sep 14»
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Police say suspect in deadly southern California weekend shootings …
LOS ANGELES – A man in custody is a serial killer who is suspected of randomly shooting seven people, leaving four dead, over five days in the Los Angeles ... «Fox News, Aug 14»
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Convicted Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells Executed in Texas
Convicted serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells, who was sent to prison in 1999 and claimed responsibility for dozens of murders across the country, was executed ... «ABC News, Apr 14»
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Serial killer Joseph Franklin executed after hours of delay
White supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was executed Wednesday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final requests for a stay, the ... «CNN, Nov 13»
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Serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin prepares to die
Joseph Paul Franklin is unblinking and empty as he talks about his victims. Do you know how many people you murdered? "I'd rather not mention it," he says ... «CNN, Nov 13»

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