Mc ‧ Veigh, Tim ‧ o ‧ thy /məkˈveɪ ˈtɪməθi/ BrE AmE
(1968-) a US man who was accused of exploding a bomb in a government building in Oklahoma City in 1996. More than 160 people were killed by the explosion. A court found him guilty of this crime in 1997, and ↑ sentence d him to death.