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" Serial killing is not about sex at all, but about power and control and revenge on society."
Pat Brown

Meaning of "serial killing" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SERIAL KILLING

ˈsɪərɪəl ˈkɪlɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERIAL KILLING

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Serial killing is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SERIAL KILLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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 killing in the English dictionary

The definition of serial killing in the dictionary is multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SERIAL KILLING

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SERIAL KILLING

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SERIAL KILLING

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «serial killing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SERIAL KILLING

Find out the translation of serial killing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of serial killing 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 killing» in English.
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连环杀
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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asesinatos en serie
570 millions of speakers
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English

serial killing
510 millions of speakers
hi

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धारावाहिक हत्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

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قتل تسلسلي
280 millions of speakers
ru

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серийные убийства
278 millions of speakers
pt

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assassinato em série
270 millions of speakers
bn

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সিরিয়াল হত্যাকাণ্ড
260 millions of speakers
fr

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meurtres en série
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Pembunuhan bersiri
190 millions of speakers
de

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Serientötung
180 millions of speakers
ja

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連続殺人
130 millions of speakers
ko

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직렬 살인
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Serangan killing
85 millions of speakers
vi

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giết người hàng loạt
80 millions of speakers
ta

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தொடர் கொலை
75 millions of speakers
mr

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सिरीयल प्राणघातक
75 millions of speakers
tr

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Seri öldürme
70 millions of speakers
it

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omicidio seriale
65 millions of speakers
pl

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seryjnego zabijania
50 millions of speakers
uk

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серійні вбивства
40 millions of speakers
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ucidere serial
30 millions of speakers
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συρροή δολοφονίες
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

serial moord
14 millions of speakers
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seriell dödande
10 millions of speakers
no

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serie drap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of serial killing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SERIAL KILLING»

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

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QUOTES WITH «SERIAL KILLING»

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Pat Brown
Serial killing is not about sex at all, but about power and control and revenge on society.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERIAL KILLING»

Discover the use of serial killing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to serial killing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Serial Killing for Profit: Multiple Murder for Money: ...
Serial Killing for Profit: Multiple Murder for Money addresses a gap in the existing literature by documenting one dozen of the most notorious perpetrators of commercial serial murder—murderers who kill to secure inheritances and pensions ...
Dirk C. Gibson, 2009
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A History of British Serial Killing
In this fascinating and informative new book, Professor David Wilson tells the stories of Britain's serial killers from Jack the Ripper to the extraordinary Suffolk Murders case.
David Wilson, 2008
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Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone: Being and Killing
Investigating existential, ethical, and political questions via real murder cases, this is a philosophical examination of our enduring fascination with these grisly figures.
S. Waller, 2011
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Overkill
Two nationally prominent criminologists explain the psychology of serial killers, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Joel Rifkin, Ted Bundy, and Colin Fergusson, examining their childhoods, their motivations and fantasies, and the role of society in ...
Alan James Fox, James A. Fox, Jack Levin, 1996
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A History of British Serial Killing: How Britain's Most ...
Book explores "the motivation and madness behind the actions of a serial killer, and the author explains "how a pattern is established, how police procedures are followed or amended, and how the killer is identified, caught and convicted ...
Martin Fido, 2002
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The gates of Janus: serial killing and its analysis
Known as "The Moor Murders", the case of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's torture, sexual abuse, and murder of a child and two teenagers in the early 1960s is thought to be the most appalling series of crimes ever committed in England.
Ian Brady, Colin Wilson, 2001
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The Psychology of Lust Murder: Paraphilia, Sexual Killing, ...
The book concludes with a number of practical suggestions linked to clinical prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies; police training, profiling, and apprehension efforts; as well as legal and public policy responses to sexually ...
Catherine Purcell, Bruce A. Arrigo, 2006
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Serial Killers: Hunting Britons and Their Victims, 1960 to 2006
As has been described earlier, Elliot Leyton (1986) has been at the forefront of attempts to move the analysis of serial killing away from the individualistic discourse, or what Grover and Soothill (1999: 4) describe as the 'medico- psychological ...
David Wilson, 2007
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The Matter of Images: Essays on Representations
In the second edition of this classic book, Dyer analyses culture from royalty to serial killers, political correctnesss and films.
Department of Film Studies Richard Dyer, Richard Dyer, 2013
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Serial Crime: Theoretical and Practical Issues in Behavioral ...
DEFINING SERIAL KILLING There is fairly good consensus that serial killing is one of three main types of multiple homicide, which may be simply defined as the killing of three or more people, by either an individual or a group acting in concert  ...
Wayne Petherick, 2005

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SERIAL KILLING»

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Slain serial killing suspect may be linked to missing Ohio women
CHARLESTON, WV (CBS)-- West Virginia police said Sunday they are sharing information about a slain suspected serial killer with authorities investigating ... «WIBW, Jul 15»
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Grim Sleeper serial killings: Trial date set after 4 1/2 years of delays
A judge has set a summer trial date in the case of the alleged Grim Sleeper serial killer, charged with murdering 10 women and suspected of killing several ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
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DNA ties prisoner to California serial killings after 40 years
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — DNA evidence linked an Oregon prisoner to at least two of the six serial killings of young women, known as the Gypsy Hill murders, ... «New York Post, Jan 15»
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ABC News/AP Photo
A man who was shot and killed early today while allegedly attempting to burglarize a home in North Carolina is the serial killing suspect wanted in a string of five ... «ABC News, Jul 09»
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DNA leads to suspect in 1970s Los Angeles serial killings
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A man who Los Angeles police believe raped and murdered dozens of women decades ago was arrested by cold case ... «CNN, Apr 09»
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