Burke

Etymology
Eponym, from William Burke.

Verb

 * 1) To murder by suffocation, or as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
 * 2) * 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, Chapter 31:
 * ‘You don’t mean to say he was burked, Sam?’ said Mr. Pickwick, looking hastily round.
 * 1) To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
 * 2) * 1888, Rudyard Kipling, "A Bank Fraud," Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 128:
 * He put away—burked—the Directors' letter, and went in to talk to Riley

Noun

 * 1)  Variant spelling of berk.

Anagrams

 * burek