coroner
- noun
- /ˈkɔːrənər/
- Statistics gathered by the U.S. Border Patrol and local coroners' offices suggest that this migration route is growing more dangerous.
- coroner's report
- coroner's inquest
- coroner's office
And even me under Ripper, even the coroner couldn't look at it.
- And even me under Ripper, even the coroner couldn't look at it.
- This body must be returned for the coroner to do what he what he has to do.
- And then his brother, who's his identical twin brother, actually showed me the coroner's report.
- The the coroner's report or the autopsy report would dictate as an overdose.
- Yet they brought a psychologist and psychiatrist in and that expert reports for the coroner to bring up Noah's mental health.
- I was reading a novel and it was about coroners back in like, the Old West and how they didn't know how to like, do forensics.
- Well, back to you before you come to me, the coroner.
- Let's talk about that because the Iraqi police, coroner, all Kareem Ferris, Yeah.
- The Orange County coroner is the is the Orange County sheriff in in in South of Los Angeles.
Examples
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And they bring her to the coroner, this father and son, and they start their autopsy and things get really weird.
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The coroner conducted a detailed examination to determine the cause of the unexpected death.
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But lucky for her, her uncle is a coroner and so he lets her, you know, cut up dead bodies and stuff like that.
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The coroner and police have deemed it a suicide.
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The police element of the investigation is on behalf of the coroner to try to determine why the child died.
Academic text (2010) -
The coroner said it was too mangled.
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We have the report of the coroner's inquest.
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Are you aware that the lab report and the coroner's report showed no traces of poison?
Fiction book (1992) -
Call the coroner's office.
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The distances the West Middlesex coroner had to travel to investigate doubtful deaths were extensive.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
A doctor who finds the cause of unexpected or violent deaths by examining the body
An old name for an official who investigates unexplained deaths
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Etymology
The word coroner comes from the Latin corona 'crown' because it originally named an official who worked for the crown and checked sudden or strange deaths. That's why a coroner today is the officer who investigates unexplained or suspicious deaths.