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- noun Plural form of
slaying .
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Examples
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CNN: Arrest made in slayings of U.S. citizens in Mexico
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[Lewisville cabdriver sought in slayings of 2 teen daughters, Dallas Morning News, Jan 3, 2008]
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Honor Killing in Texas? 2008
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[Lewisville cabdriver sought in slayings of 2 teen daughters, Dallas Morning News, Jan 3, 2008]
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[Lewisville cabdriver sought in slayings of 2 teen daughters, Dallas Morning News, Jan 3, 2008]
Huckabee (!) Carries Iowa Immigration Patriots; Ron Paul Asleep 2008
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Threatening messages were left with the severed heads - a common feature of killings by drug cartels in Mexico - that suggested the slayings were the result of feuding between local gangs, the spokesman said.
Torreon Killings: Five Severed Heads Found In Northern Mexican City 2012
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But last Friday, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said at a press conference that it was "a possibility" that the slayings were a contract hit.
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Police say that they no longer believe the slayings are a hate crime, as earlier suspected.
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First Assistant Hudson County Prosecutor Guy Gregory would not comment on the possibility that the slayings were a bias crime.
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The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (news - web sites) had pressured the FBI (news - web sites) to investigate whether the slayings were a hate crime.
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Suffolk cops have said they believe the slayings were the work of a serial killer.
NY Daily News 2011
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