merk
v.— «“I merked that bitch,” Bryant quoted Hampton as saying, using a slang word for “killed.”» —“Suspect: I stood like ‘dummy’ as pal stabbed pleading girl” by David Weber Boston Herald (Mass.) Apr. 22, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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