burking
burking n. (以出卖尸体供人解剖为目的)勒杀罪 该词起源于苏格兰的伯克和黑尔〔Burke and Hare〕谋杀小组，其在1828年所采取的使人窒息而死的谋杀方式使得尸体很少留下痕迹，从而更适合出售于医学院。
BURKING
burking
burking, n. The crime of murdering someone, usu. by smothering, for the purpose of selling the corpse. • This term arose from the Scottish murder team of Burke and Hare, whose practice in 1828 of suffocating their victims while leaving few visible marks made the corpses more salable to medical schools. — burke, vb.