Burke :: Burke (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..

Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question..

Burked :: Burked (imp. & p. p.) of Burk.

Burking :: Burking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burk.

Burkism :: Burkism (n.) The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.

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