murderers
Those who kill
Murderers is the plural of murderer—people who have unlawfully killed others.
The word carries moral weight beyond the legal definition, implying deliberate wrongdoing: The murderers were sentenced to life in prison.
It extends figuratively to those who destroy something valued: murderers of the English language.
Those who cause death
- assassinsKillers of important people
- slayersThose who destroy
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
- culpritsThose at fault
convicts · felons · offenders · fugitives · inmates · outlaws · gangsters · mobsters
Savagely harsh or severe
- savageFierce and untamed
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- bloodthirstyEager to kill
merciless · heinous · gruesome · stabbing · strangling · bludgeoning · shooting · poisoning
Retaliation for injury
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
spite · rage · resentment · obsession · grudge · animosity · malice · envy
Thinks someone's guilty
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- autopsyMedical examination after death
interrogation · confession · witnesses · alibi · motive · clues · DNA · fingerprints
killers
Those who cause death
- assassinsKillers of important people
- slayersThose who destroy
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
culprits · convicts · felons · offenders · fugitives · inmates · outlaws · gangsters · mobsters · hitmen
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
bloodthirsty · merciless · heinous · gruesome · stabbing · strangling · bludgeoning · shooting · poisoning · dismemberment
vengeance
Retaliation for injury
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
revenge · spite · rage · resentment · obsession · grudge · animosity · malice · envy · desperation
suspects
Thinks someone's guilty
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
autopsy · interrogation · confession · witnesses · alibi · motive · clues · DNA · fingerprints · ballistics
thriller
Suspense-driven narrative genre
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- whodunitCrime fiction identifying perpetrator
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
detective · sleuth · plot twist · red herring · victim · corpse · weapon · scene · motive · psychopath
infamous
Having a terrible reputation
spree · prolific · feared · reviled · condemned · vilified · sensationalized · tabloid · headlines · documentary
- MacbethMacbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Duncan, Macduff
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- prisonersprisoners, inmates, convicts, felons, jailbirds
- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, cells, captivity
- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, rascal
- tough guystough guys, tough guy, thug, thugs, enforcer
murdererslifesavers
Rescuers or ring candies
saviors · rescuers · paramedics · doctors · healers
murdererssaints
Canonized religious figures
heroes · innocents · saviors · humanitarians · benefactors
- axe murdererOne who kills with a chopping tool
- mass murdererOne who kills many
- axe murderedKilled with heavy blade
- murderers' rowFearsome group of talents
- Making a MurdererTrue crime docuseries