unplumb

Updated: May 4, 2025

They have so determined a hatred to all privileged orders, that they deny even to the departed the sad immunities of the grave. They are not wholly without an object. Their turpitude purveys to their malice; and they unplumb the dead for bullets to assassinate the living.

Edmund Burke - The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12)

They have so determined a hatred to all privileged orders, that they deny even to the departed the sad immunities of the grave. They are not wholly without an object. Their turpitude purveys to their malice; and they unplumb the dead for bullets to assassinate the living.

Edmund Burke - Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke