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desk murderer en · NOUN

Etymology

Used by Gideon Hausner to describe Adolf Eichmann, but often attributed to Hannah Arendt.

Meanings

  1. A bureaucrat, etc. who indirectly assists in genocide or other killing by performing clerical tasks.

Forms

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desk murderers Number=Plur lexicographic

Descendants

Schreibtischtäter

Relateds

little Eichmann

Synonyms

desk killer

wikipedia: Adolf Eichmann · wikipedia: Gideon Hausner · wikipedia: Hannah Arendt