Meaning of burke

burke

1. to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.
2. to suppress or get rid of by some indirect maneuver.

Burke

1. (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke), 1886–1970, U.S. actress.
2. 1729–97, Irish statesman, orator, and writer.
3. born 1897, U.S. literary critic.