Definitions
To suppress, silence, or get rid of quietly.
Word origin
Eponymous, from William Burke.
Used in a sentence
“As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’... were vociferated... ‘Burke Hare too!’”
“Perhaps he is Burked, and his body sold for nine pounds.”
“‘You don’t mean to say he was burked, Sam?’ said Mr. Pickwick, looking hastily round.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Suppress quietly”5 letters
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