poisoner
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"I have said it before and I'll say it again: I am not a poisoner... I have always upheld the Hippocratic oath," he stated.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
I asked what he thought of the prospect of Mr. Lugovoi, the accused poisoner, running for mayor.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022
Making his novel debut at the lively age of 89, Fo’s “The Pope’s Daughter” offers a studied reconsideration of Lucrezia’s life, swerving dramatically from accounts of her as “a monster, a poisoner, and a prostitute.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2015
"I think this rebuts all the speculation. No mother would send her son to be educated by the alleged poisoner of her husband. This is a very powerful testimonial."
From Reuters • Jan. 30, 2014
Sir Mador, as red as a turkey cock, was making it up with Sir Pinel the poisoner, who had come back incognito.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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