Serial Murderer (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The police were baffled by the serial murderer who had claimed the lives of five young women in the same city over the course of a month.
- As a criminologist, she had spent years studying the behavior of serial murderers, trying to understand what drove them to commit such heinous crimes.
- The serial murderer, known only by his alias 'The Shadow,' had evaded capture for years, leaving a trail of bodies across the country.
- The small town was gripped with fear after a serial murderer was discovered to have been hiding in plain sight, having murdered multiple victims over the course of a year.
- The investigation into the serial murderer was difficult, as the victims seemed to have no connection to one another, and the only clue was a small piece of torn fabric found at each crime scene.