pembunuh berantai
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of pembunuh (“killer”) + berantai (“chained”), literally “chained killer”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pêmbunuh bêrantai
- serial killer (a person who commits multiple (more than two) murders, especially similar ones with no obvious motive over a period of time with a "cooling-off" period between each murder)
Synonyms edit
- pembunuh bersiri (Standard Malaysian Malay)
Further reading edit
- “pembunuh berantai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.