burke

suomi-englanti sanakirja

burke englannista suomeksi

  1. murhata

  2. lakaista

  1. Substantiivi

burke englanniksi

  1. Burke

  1. To murder by suffocation.

  2. 1829 February 2, ''Times'' (London), 3/5

  3. 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!’
  4. To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.

  5. (quote-book)

  6. {{quote-text|en|year=1833|author=T. Hook|title=Parson's Daughter|section=II. i. 26

  7. (RQ:Dickens Pickwick Papers)

  8. To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.

  9. {{quote-text|en|year=1835|author=J. A. Roebuck|title=Dorchester Labourers|section=6/1 (note)

  10. {{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

  11. {{quote-text|en|year=1953|author=Robert Graves|title=Poems|section=4

  12. (alt form)

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