burke
suomi-englanti sanakirjaburke englannista suomeksi
murhata
lakaista
Substantiivi
burke englanniksi
Burke
To murder by suffocation.
1829 February 2, ''Times'' (London), 3/5
- As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’... were vociferated... ‘Burke Hare too!’
To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
(quote-book)
{{quote-text|en|year=1833|author=T. Hook|title=Parson's Daughter|section=II. i. 26
(RQ:Dickens Pickwick Papers)
{{quote-text|en|year=1835|author=J. A. Roebuck|title=Dorchester Labourers|section=6/1 (note)
{{quote-book|en|year=1888|author=Rudyard Kipling|chapter=Bank Fraud|A Bank Fraud,|title=Plain Tales from the Hills|publisher=Folio|year_published=2005|page=128
{{quote-text|en|year=1953|author=Robert Graves|title=Poems|section=4
(alt form)