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burke

get rid of, silence, or suppress burke an issue murder without leaving a trace on the body

Burke

British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) (= Burk) United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

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Go talk to the Melanie Burke at the D.A.'s office and see if she can help us out.
Pyotr Petrovich Ptitsyn - a landowner coming to Petersburg to burke one old matter.
Pat Burke told me everything.
Studsy Burke says you used to be okay, that's why I'm here.
Look, Mama! I have just purchased Burke's essay on the sublime and beautiful!
Burke, go and get them, bring them back as fast as you can.
Burke, take Mrs. Higgins home.
Burke, you're one of the most obstinate men I've ever met! Get going.
Lady, the name of Mrs. Burke.
It's me, Sadie Burke.
Yes, Alma Burke!
Matthew Burke.
Matthew Burke, the stockbroker.
Where is Burke?
Brunson, you and Burke follow me.
Lieutenant Burke.
Burke, use that left!
Did it ever occur to you that maybe Burke didn't wanna be champion?
You throwing Burke away.
I found out why Burke went haywire and lost that fight.
He was afraid of Burke's long-range fighting.
Burke got his dough before he got on the train.
Handing Burke 25 grand to take a dive.
I'm as through with him as Burke or any of them.
Very good, Burke.
Burke, lend Mr. Pitt a hand with this chest.
Because they have Jack the Ripper, Burke and Hare. the Mad Butcher. the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, things that people pay to see!
Burke, take Mrs. Higgins home. - Yes, sir.
Private Burke, sir.
I congratulate you, Burke. - Thank you, sir.
Mrs. Bellop, i looked it up in burke's peerage.
There's no du chenfrais. Of course there isn't. Burke's peerage is english, and she's french.
Like about Sammy Burke for instance.
Burke, Macaulay, Gladstone.
John Burke.
Burke, sir?
John Burke was the chief astronomer at the Royal Academy in Old Britain at the time.
Thank you very much but why would I want to bring Burke on your birthday?

News and current affairs

In this, he is following a tradition of caution that extends from Edmund Burke to John Maynard Keynes.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse, said Edmund Burke in 1771.
Lord Acton's phrase about the corrupting effect of power does not yet apply; Burke's warning does.
A conservative is someone who, in the tradition of the eighteenth-century English parliamentarian Edmund Burke, believes that the established order deserves respect, even reverence.

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