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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...
- 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...
- Burke (Irish: de Búrca; [Burgo] Error: {{Langx}}: transliteration of latn script (help)) is a Norman-Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman...
- 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 Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970), better known as Billie Burke, was an American actress who was famous on Broadway...
- Richard or **** Burke may refer to: Richard Burke Jr. (1758–1794), Member of Parliament, son of Edmund Burke Richard Burke (Irish politician) (1932–2016)...
- Taylor Burke (born 1943) is an American businessman and the founder of UnitedHealth Group, a large managed healthcare and insurance company. Burke is an...
- Mic****e Burke is an American actress. She gained recognition in the early 1990s for film roles such as Jodi Kramer in Dazed and Confused and Connie Conehead...
- Thomas Burke or Tom Burke may refer to: Thomas Burke (Clare politician) (1876–1951), Irish independent legislator Thomas Burke (North Carolina politician)...
- Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television & fitness personality, model, author, actress, and businesswoman. She is known for...