burking

Meanings

• The act of smothering someone to death, often with the intention of concealing the death.

  - "He was found buried under a pile of blankets."
  - "She was accused of burking her newborn baby."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with burking
smother , other , mother , other , bother

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Variants

List of all variants of burking that leads to same result
burke , burked , burkes , burking , burks

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The term 'burking' is believed to have originated from the Scots language 'burk', which means 'to smother' or 'to conceal'. The term gained notoriety during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Scotland, when there were several reported cases of infants being smothered to death under the guise of burking or burking the baby. The practice was widely condemned by the public and the authorities, and was eventually outlawed.

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