burke
/bɜrk/
verb
- To suppress or avoid something quietly, such as a question or an issue.
- The committee tried to burke the scandal by not discussing it.
- He attempted to burke the reporter's question with a vague answer.
- They could not burke the growing public concern.
- To murder someone by suffocation, especially to sell the body for dissection (historical).
- The story tells of a gang that planned to burke travelers.
- In the 19th century, some people would burke others to supply medical schools.
- The criminal was known to burke his victims for profit.
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