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burke

transitive verb burked, burking

  1. Obsolete to murder by suffocating so as to leave the body unmarked and fit to be sold for dissection
  2. to get rid of quietly; evade or suppress, as a parliamentary bill, discussion, etc.

Burke, Edmund 1729-97; Brit. statesman, orator, & writer, born in Ireland

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