Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

desk murderer

American

[desk mur-der-er] / ˈdɛsk ˌmɜr dər ər /

noun

a person who does not participate directly in genocidal killings but contributes indirectly by carrying out administrative tasks that facilitate them.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

desk murderers

plural

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.