thrill killer
Kills for excitement
A thrill killer is someone who murders for the excitement or psychological gratification rather than for money, revenge, or other conventional motives.
The term emphasizes that the act itself—the power, the transgression, the hunt—provides the reward: The detective suspected they were dealing with a thrill killer, not someone with a personal connection to the victim.
Person without conscience
- sociopathOne without conscience
- sadisticFinding pleasure in cruelty
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- remorselessLacking guilt or pity
antisocial · narcissistic · manipulative · callous · predatory · amoral · deceptive · cunning
Deliberate unlawful killing
- homicideCausing another's death
- serialOccurring in ordered succession
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
felony · manslaughter · forensics · investigation · evidence · conviction · detective · incarceration
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
grotesque · bloodcurdling · sinister · eerie · unsettling · dreadful · ghoulish · terrifying
psychopath
Person without conscience
- sociopathOne without conscience
- sadisticFinding pleasure in cruelty
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
remorseless · antisocial · narcissistic · manipulative · callous · predatory · amoral · deceptive · cunning · emotionless
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- homicideCausing another's death
- serialOccurring in ordered succession
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
perpetrator · felony · manslaughter · forensics · investigation · evidence · conviction · detective · incarceration · victim
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
nightmarish · grotesque · bloodcurdling · sinister · eerie · unsettling · dreadful · ghoulish · terrifying · monstrous
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
sensationalism · gripping · riveting · shocking · dramatic · documentary · copycat · glorified · lurid · exposé
thrill killercontract killer
Paid professional murderer
hitman · assassin · mercenary · executioner · soldier
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