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What does burke mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word burke? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (Britain, slang) To murder by suffocation
  2. (Britain, slang, historical) To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
  3. (Britain, slang) To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
Noun
  1. (Britain, slang) Alternative form of berk
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