Word Meaning

burke definition and meaning

v. t. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
v. t. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.

Crossword clues for burke

- Explorers: ... & Wills
- Wills’ fellow explorer