English Explanatory Dictionary

inheritance powder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several poisons used for murder, but especially arsenic and, to a lesser extent, thallium.

Word forms

inheritance powder inheritance powders

Etymology

So called because one person might murder another to gain an inheritance.

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