murdermonger
(ˈmɜːdəˌmʌŋgə(r))
[f. murder n. + monger1.]
A dealer in murder, a professional murderer. So fig., a writer of murder stories; fem. (nonce-wd.) murdermongeress. Also murder-mongering vbl. n., the purveying of news or stories of murder.
| a 1889 in Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang (1889) I. 139/1 The only one who is annoyed is our own special murder⁓monger, who has got several blood-curdlers of English extraction up his sleeve. 1900 M. Hewlett Richard Yea-and-Nay ii. vi. 299 She knew something of the Marquess, her cousin. Any ally of his must be a murdermonger. 1957 O. Nash You can't get there from Here 97, I repeat that one book by this murder-mongeress [sc. Agatha Christie] Will last you as long as the Library of Congress. 1967 Punch 4 Oct. 524/3 You may think that the enormous sums of money spent on murder-mongering by the newspapers have bred up a lamentable race of scribes. |