executioner, hangman; murderer, butcher, torturer; scoundrel, villain
Latin word, found 20 times in the texts on Socratos.
Terence, Andria 1.2.183b: Carnufex, quae loquitur?
Plautus, Bacchides 4.4.688: nam úbi me aspiciet, ad carnuficem rapiet continuo senex.
Plautus, Mostellaria 1.1.57: stimulis carnufices, si huc reveniat senex.
All forms of carnufex