- burkism
- burking, burkismMurder 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. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
burkism
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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
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
