burke

Etymology 1
Eponymous, from William Burke.

Verb

 * 1)  To murder by suffocation.
 * 2) * 1829 February 2, Times (London), 3/5
 * As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’... were vociferated... ‘Burke Hare too!’
 * 1)  To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
 * 2)  To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
 * 1)  To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
 * 1)  To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
 * 1)  To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.

Noun

 * 1) can, tin