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What (who) is knifeman - definition
knifeman
¦ noun (plural knifemen) a man who uses a knife as a weapon.
knifeman
(knifemen)
A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife. (BRIT mainly JOURNALISM)
A crazed knifeman attacked three policewomen.
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Examples of use of knifeman
1. The knifeman slashed at the man‘s head, legs and hands before fleeing with the weapon.
2. But the festivities were marred when a knifeman attacked spectators leaving the ceremony, injuring at least 1' people, police said.
3. Five men arrested for wounding with intent on suspicion of stabbing a rival Russian fan have been released – and it appears the knifeman has escaped.
4. More polls» A woman fought back tears in court as she told how a laughing knifeman stabbed her boyfriend to death on a bus.
5. Police are today stepping up the hunt for a knifeman who stabbed a cyclist to death in an apparently random attack near a busy shopping centre.