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Murders

The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.

📖 Definitions of "Murders"

noun
  1. 1

    The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.

    "The defendant was charged with murder."

  2. 2

    The act of deliberate killing of another person or other being without justification, especially with malice aforethought.

    "There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone."

  3. 3

    (in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.

  4. 4

    (used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.

    "This headache is murder."

verb
  1. 1

    To deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.

    "The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband."

  2. 2

    To defeat decisively.

    "Our team is going to murder them."

  3. 3

    To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).

    "He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!"

  4. 4

    To botch or mangle.

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