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burke

burke [ burk ] (past and past participle burked, present participle burk·ing, 3rd person present singular burkes)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. keep something quiet: to prevent information from becoming known

2. keep somebody quiet: to prevent somebody from revealing information

3. evade something: to evade an issue or question

4. murder somebody discreetly: to murder somebody silently and without leaving marks or wounds, especially by suffocation ( dated )

[Early 19th century. After William Burke]
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