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Meanings of burked in English

Burked.

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          Usage of burked in English
          1
          She'll get herself burked, kidnapped, murdered or what not!
          Capitola the Madcap
          2
          Between you and Mr. Theydon, the work of my department has been hindered and burked most scandalously.
          Number Seventeen
          3
          The question cannot be burked much longer.
          The Trade Union Woman
          4
          The victim was seized from behind, one man gagged or burked him, while another picked his pocket.
          Tracks of a Rolling Stone
          5
          And he had been burked, murdered, blotted out, in order to make room for a bally Scotchman!
          The Little Warrior
          6
          They burked and suppressed every inquiry.
          The War in the Air
          7
          There is a Lhassa in Mayfair, our efforts to attain which are Burked.
          Our Stage and Its Critics / By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gaze...
          8
          What man, in our rank of life, runs the smallest risk of being Burked?
          Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
          9
          "... Burked.... Treachery.... Shame.... Sold...."
          Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
          Frequent collocations
          Burked through the time