thrill killings
Homicides for pleasure
Thrill killings are murders committed for excitement or pleasure rather than for material gain, revenge, or other typical motives.
The perpetrator kills for the psychological rush—the power, the transgression, the experience itself.
The term often appears in coverage of serial killers or spree killers whose crimes seem motiveless: Police suspect the random shootings were thrill killings.
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- huntPursuit of quarry
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- motivelessWithout underlying cause
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thrill killingscrimes of passion
Violent acts from overwhelming emotion
mercy killings · euthanasia · contract killings · honor killings · assassinations
thrill killingsjustifiable homicide
Legally sanctioned taking of life
self-defense · mercy killings · euthanasia · defense of others · mercy killing
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