thrill kill

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thrill kill

noun thrill kills · thrill killing

idiomatic An act of murder motivated solely by the murderer's desire to have a very exciting experience. "It was a thrill kill. Robbery was an afterthought. This is one of the most senseless murders we've had down there in years."
attributive Of, pertaining to, or being such an act of murder. We all know that plenty of kids took to Route 66 after reading “On the Road,” but few juveniles committed thrill-kill murders after paging through “Crime and Punishment.”

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@misc{thrill_kill_2026,
  title = {thrill kill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thrill%20kill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}