angel of mercy

English

Noun

angel of mercy (plural angels of mercy)

1. A type of mercy killer, i.e., a caregiver who is a serial killer, and who practices mercy killing on both the willing and unwilling, knowing and unknowing, dependent only on the killer's sense of a patient's level of suffering from their illness.

Related terms

• mercy killer
• angel of death

Translations

type of mercy killer

• Finnish: kuolemanenkeli