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serial killer

noun

  1. a person who carries out a series of murders

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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She had put up with serial killers for “Zodiac,” but this was a bridge too far.

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And in “Black Phone 2,” he’s a serial killer haunting children from beyond the grave.

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He is also accused of describing the former footballers Ms Ward and Ms Aluko as "the Fred and Rosemary West of football commentary" - a reference to the notorious serial killers.

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The serial killer is a monster but Sir Anthony understood that less is more, on screen.

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Dramatizing the acts of notorious serial killers fires up the journalistic engine devoted to picking at the carcass of accuracy.

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