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],
"word": "רוצחת \\ רוֹצַחַת"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "assassina"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "omicida"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "interfectrīx"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "necatrix"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "morderske"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morderske"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morderczyni"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zabójczyni"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "assassina"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "both genders",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubíjca",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "уби́йца"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žénščina-ubíjca",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "же́нщина-уби́йца"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vrahyňa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "asesina"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mörderska"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ghātini",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"word": "ఘాతిని"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "hantakurālu",
"sense": "woman who commits murder",
"word": "హంతకురాలు"
}
],
"word": "murderess"
}
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