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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...
- 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...
- The Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer centered around the Aegis Combat System and the...
- William Burke and William Hare, pictured at Burke's trial The Burke and Hare murders were a series of sixteen murders committed over a period of about...
- Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the...
- Thomas Burke or Tom Burke may refer to: Thomas Burke (Clare politician) (1876–1951), Irish independent legislator Thomas Burke (North Carolina politician)...
- Richard or **** Burke may refer to: Richard Burke Jr. (1758–1794), Member of Parliament, son of Edmund Burke Richard Burke (Irish politician) (1932–2016)...
- 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...
- Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent...