- Burkism
- Burkism Burk"ism, n. The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Burkism
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burkism — burking, burkism Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim … Black's law dictionary
burkism — burking, burkism Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim … Black's law dictionary
burkism — The crime of committing murder by smothering the victim; the crime of killing a person for the purpose of selling his corpse for dissection … Ballentine's law dictionary
burking, burkism — Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim … Black's law dictionary
burking, burkism — Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim … Black's law dictionary
burking — burking, burkism Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim … Black's law dictionary
burking — burking, burkism Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim … Black's law dictionary
