liquidator

/ˈlɪkwəˌdeɪdər/
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Other forms: liquidators

Definitions of liquidator
  1. noun
    (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
    synonyms: receiver
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    type of:
    fiduciary
    a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
  2. noun
    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
    synonyms: manslayer, murderer
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    examples:
    Jack the Ripper
    an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century
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    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
    gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman
    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 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
    matricide
    a person who murders their mother
    patricide
    a person who murders their father
    spree killer
    a serial killer whose murders occur within a brief period of time
    type of:
    criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    killer, slayer
    someone who causes the death of a person or animal
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