A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) [syn: murderer , manslayer ] (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A liquidator was appointed for one of the companies, and actions were commenced against the guarantors. ▪ As a result, the liquidator estimates the company is owed £1.6 million for machines that were never paid for. ▪ Bosses ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In law , a liquidator is the officer appointed when a company goes into winding-up or liquidation who has responsibility for collecting in all of the assets of the company and settling all claims against the company before putting the company into dissolution ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who liquidates. 2 One supporting the political policy of liquidationism; a liquidationist. 3 Any of the workers involved in cleaning up the (w: Chernobyl disaster)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1825, agent noun in Latin form from liquidate .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Liquidator \Liq"ui*da`tor\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]`t[~e]r), n. [Cf. F. liquidateur.] One who, or that which, liquidates. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary ...