pembunuh berantai
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of pembunuh (“killer”) + berantai (“chained”), literally “chained killer”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pêmbunuh bêrantai
- serial killer (a person who commits multiple (more than two) murders, especially similar ones with no obvious motive over a period of time with a "cooling-off" period between each murder)
Synonyms[edit]
- pembunuh bersiri (Standard Malaysian Malay)
Further reading[edit]
- “pembunuh berantai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.