murder-mongeringn.
/ˈməːdəˌmʌŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmərdərˌmɑŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈmərdərˌməŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/ rare.
The purveying or dissemination of news or stories about murder.
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murder-mongering1891
1891 Speaker 2 May 533/2 The author might do much better if he would give up this wearisome murder-mongering, and take a fresh subject.
1967 Punch 4 Oct. 524/3 You may think that the enormous sums of money spent on murder-mongering by the newspapers have bred up a lamentable race of scribes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
murder-mongeringadj.
/ˈməːdəˌmʌŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmərdərˌmɑŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈmərdərˌməŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/ rare.
That deals in or incites murder. (In quot. 1840 figurative.)
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1840 E. S. Wortley Eva i. iii. 20 How! shoot and drown it too?.. What barbarous deeds of haberdashery's harshness! What murder-mongering knaves must mercers be!
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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