liquidator (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *liquidator*:
NOUN	person	liquidator, murderer, manslayer	a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful / unlawful / unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
NOUN	person	liquidator, receiver	(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

liquidator > pronunciation
Sounds	lih'kwihdey.ter
Rhymes	abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter...

English > *liquidator*: 2 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful / unlawful / unlawful premeditated killing of another human being).
Synonyms	murderer, manslayer
Instances	Jack the Ripper	An unidentified English murderer in the 19th century
Narrower	assassin, assassinator, bravo	A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
	butcher	A brutal indiscriminate murderer
	cutthroat	someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
	fratricide	A person who murders their brother or sister
	gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter	A professional killer who uses a gun
	hatchet man, iceman	A professional killer
	infanticide	A person who murders an infant
	mass murderer	A person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident
	murderess	A woman murderer
	parricide	someone who kills his or her parent
	ripper	A murderer who slashes / slashes the victims with a knife
	serial killer, serial murderer	someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval
Broader	criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Broader	killer, slayer	someone who causes the death of a person or animal
Spanish	asesina, asesino, homicida
Catalan	assassí, homicida
Verbs	liquidate	get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

English > *liquidator*: 2 senses > noun 2, person
Meaning	(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties.
Synonym	receiver
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Broader	fiduciary	A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
Spanish	liquidador
Catalan	liquidador

HyperDic: liquidator