Schreibtischtäter

Signification (Anglais)

desk murderer, mastermind; a person who arranges for (orchestrates) the commission of a crime without directly committing it

Synonymes

Büroangestellter

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Sesselfurzer

Bürohengst

Aktenhengst

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃʁaɪ̯ptɪʃˌtɛːtɐ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Schreibtisch (“writing desk”) + Täter (“criminal”), adapted from English desk murderer, initially used to describe Nazi bureaucrats involved in the planning of genocide, in particular Adolf Eichmann during the Eichmann trial in 1961.