Jack the Ripper

British  

noun

1. an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888

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Jack the Ripper Cultural  

1. A criminal in London in the late nineteenth century apparently responsible for several ghastly murders by slashing. His identity is unknown.

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Example Sentences

During his career, Warner embraced the role of the villain, acting as mischievous valet Spicer Lovejoy in “Titanic” and playing Jack the Ripper in 1979’s “Time After Time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2022

He was Jack the Ripper in “Time After Time” in 1979; two years later, in “Time Bandits,” his character was named simply Evil Genius.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022

At the time, a syndicated special about Jack the Ripper was about to air, and the network wanted to compete against it.

From Salon • May 8, 2021

And speaking of Dracula, Kim Newman has been writing alternate histories with vampires ever since “Anno Dracula” made a cocktail of Victorian London, the undead and Jack the Ripper.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2020

Reports from abroad asserted, erroneously, that Jack the Ripper had returned.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson