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poisoning (crime)  

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  • People have been poisoning each other for as long as written history has existed, and probably before that. In the past, it was one of the preferred methods of eliminating people in high places silently, unobtrusively, and swiftly. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; Poisoners]

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