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Definition 2024

serial_killer

serial killer

English

Noun

serial killer ‎(plural serial killers)

A person who commits multiple (more than two) murders, especially similar ones with no obvious motive over a period of time with a "cooling-off" period between each murder.

Derived terms

serial killer van

Translations

person who commits multiple murders

Afrikaans: reeksmoordenaar
Chinese:
Mandarin: 連環殺手, 连环杀手 ‎(liánhuán shāshǒu)
Danish: seriemorder c
Esperanto: seria murdisto
Estonian: sarimõrvar
Finnish: sarjamurhaaja (fi)
French: tueur en série (fr) m
German: Serienmörder (de) m
Greek: σίριαλ κίλερ n ‎(sírial kíler)
Hebrew: רוֹצֵחַ סִדְרָתִי m ‎(rotseakh sidrati)
Hungarian: sorozatgyilkos

Italian: assassino seriale m, assassina seriale f, serial killer (it) m, f
Japanese: シリアルキラー ‎(shiriaru kirā)
Malay: pembunuh bersiri
Mongolian: цуврал алуурчин ‎(tsuvral aluurčin)
Portuguese: assassino em série m, assassina em série f, serial killer (pt) m, f
Romanian: asasin în serie m
Russian: сери́йный уби́йца m ‎(seríjnyj ubíjca)
Serbo-Croatian: serijski ubojica m, serijska ubojica f, serijski ubojice pl
Spanish: asesino en serie m, asesino serial m
Swedish: seriemördare (sv) c
Turkish: seri katil

See also

mass murderer

External links

serial killer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

serial killer m f (plural serial killers)

serial killer (person who commits multiple murders)

Synonyms

assassino em série