spree killer

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Noun

spree killer (plural spree killers)

  1. A murderer who kills two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations.
    • 2021 January 8, Nicole Hemmer, “The striking parallels between the assaults on Charlottesville and the Capitol”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Pretending a litterbug and a spree killer have committed equivalent infractions doesn’t make people safer.

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