burke

1. v. t. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. Source: opted

2. v. t. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. Source: opted

3. v. murder without leaving a trace on the body Source: wordnet

4. v. get rid of, silence, or suppress Source: wordnet

5. 1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. 2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. C. Reade. Source: webster

6. n. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) v. murder without leaving a trace on the body v. get rid of, silence, or suppress Source: ecdict

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