Definition of: burke

(bûrk) v.t. burked, burk·ing
1. To murder by suffocating, so as to leave no marks.
2. To get rid of by quietly suppressing; dispose of. [after William Burke, 1792–1829, Irish murderer who sold his victims' bodies for dissection]

Definition of: Burke

(bûrk), Edmund,
1729–97, British orator, writer, and statesman born in Ireland.

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Statistical data

"burke" has the frequency of use of 0.0005% on city-data.com forum

"burke" has the frequency of use of 0.0012% on en.wikipedia.org.

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