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Definition of Burked

Burked
Burke Burke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burked; p. pr. & vb. n. Burking.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the crime in 1829.] 1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. 2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. --C. Reade.

Meaning of Burked from wikipedia

- compression of the torso. The term "burking" comes from the method William Burke and William Hare used to kill their victims during the West Port murders...
- Thomas Burke or Tom Burke may refer to: Thomas Burke (artist) (1749–1815), Irish engraver and painter known for mezzotint Thomas Burke (author) (1886–1945)...
- David Burke may refer to: David Burke (British actor) (born 1934), British television actor David J. Burke (born 1948), American producer, screenwriter...
- Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television and fitness personality, model, author, actress, and businesswoman. She is known...
- Burke (Irish: de Búrca; Latin: de Burgo) is a Norman-Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House...
- Edmund Burke (/bɜːrk/; 12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher who spent most of his career in Great Britain...
- unsolvable crimes, including the murder of the son of a Las Vegas mogul ("Burked"), the disappearance of a University student ("Chaos Theory"), the death...
- Richard or **** Burke may refer to: Richard Burke Jr. (1758–1794), Member of Parliament, son of Edmund Burke Richard Burke (Irish politician) (1932–2016)...
- John Burke may refer to: John mac Richard Mór Burke, 10th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (died 1536), Irish chieftain and noble John Burke, 9th Earl...
- Billy Burke or similar names may refer to: Billie Burke (1884–1970), American stage and screen actress Billy Burke (actor) (born 1966), American actor...