Crippen

/ ˈkrɪpən /

noun

1. CrippenHawley Harvey18621910MUSMEDICINE: doctorCRIME AND POLICING: murderer Hawley Harvey, known as Doctor Crippen. 1862–1910, US doctor living in England: executed for poisoning his wife; the first criminal to be apprehended by the use of radiotelegraphy

Example Sentences

There's one Crippen, who considered buying out Sir Herbert's business.

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Mrs. John Crippen was an early settler in the country, coming here by way of the Morris trail.

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"Look here, Esther Crippen," she began, breaking the silence first.

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Herr Crippen had just left his two children to be cared for, and Betty was only a baby.

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Dr. Crippen's time was worth, say, three hundred and fifty pounds a year.

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