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snuff movie

noun [C]
 
 
(UK also snuff film) informal

Definition

a violent film that shows a real murder, intended as entertainmentSexual devices and the sex industryTypes of film and cinema ratings
(Definition of snuff movie noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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