spree killer

noun

A murderer who kills two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations.

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Meanings

nounspree killer (plural spree killers)

plural spree killers

  1. A murderer who kills two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations.

    Pretending a litterbug and a spree killer have committed equivalent infractions doesn’t make people safer.

    2021 January 8, Nicole Hemmer, “The striking parallels between the assaults on Charlottesville and the Capitol”, in CNN
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APA

spree killer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spree%20killer

MLA

“spree killer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spree%20killer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spree killer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spree%20killer.

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