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mur·der
/ ˈmərdər/
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n.
the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another:
the stabbing murder of an off-Broadway producer|
he was put on trial for attempted murder.
∎ inf.
a very difficult or unpleasant task or experience:
my first job at the steel mill was murder.
∎ inf.
something causing great discomfort to a part of the body:
that exercise is murder on the lumbar regions.
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v. [tr.]
kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:
somebody tried to murder Joe.
∎ inf.
punish severely or be very angry with:
my father will murder me if I'm home late.
∎ inf.
conclusively defeat (an opponent) in a game or sport.
∎
spoil by lack of skill or knowledge:
the only thing he had murdered was the English language.
PHRASES:
get away with murder inf.
succeed in doing whatever one chooses without being punished or suffering any disadvantage.
murder one
(or two) inf.
first-degree (or second-degree) murder.
murder will out
murder cannot remain undetected.
scream
(or yell) bloody
murder inf.
scream loudly due to pain or fright; make an extravagant and noisy protest:
she had tripped and was screaming bloody murder.DERIVATIVES:
mur·der·er
n.
mur·der·ess
/ ˈmərdərəs/ n.
ORIGIN: Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará ‘death’ and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre.
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MURDERS, THEY WROTE MURDER, DINNER MAKE A TASTY COMBINATION
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/5/1988; 700+ words
; ...her eyes. "There are some murder mystery companies that give...all papers and there's one murder and you sit there and be bored." Murder One, however, offers much...an estimated three to four murders per evening. In the mystery...
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Murder by premeditation
Magazine article from: The American Criminal Law Review; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...line between degrees of murder.' In pre-Revolutionary...describe the most culpable murders. Under Penn's guidance...death penalty for planned murder-murder with "malice...there are degrees of murder,7 and premeditation...dividing line between murders of the first and second...
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Murders most foul
Newspaper article from: The Press; 2/14/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the spate of murders also raises other...the stage where murder is so common that...other hand, as murder has become more...such as domestic murders or fatal street...uptight about murders and one of the reasons is that murder is still relatively...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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MURDER-SUICIDES FACING SCRUTINY.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 11/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...Associated Press COLUMBUS -- Ohio's first murder-suicide of 2006 happened in suburban...the basement and shot himself. The last murder-suicide of 2006, the 24th over 12 months...news in communities where they happen, murder-suicides are a small part of the country...
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Ulster murder rate falls sharply Big drop compared to Troubles
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 7/4/2005; ; 483 words
; ...that the province's murder rate is approximately two murders for every 100,000...the province's murder rate soared to over 50 murders for every 100,000...Asia - Tokyo has a murder rate of only 1.17 murders for every 100,000...
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McDaid murder accused appear in court.
News Wire article from: Independent Television News Limited (ITN); 5/28/2009; 700+ words
; Summary: Eight men charged over the murder of Kevin McDaid or attempted murder of Damien Fleming in Northern Ireland, have appeared in court. Eight men charged over the murder of Kevin McDaid or attempted murder of Damien Fleming...
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Surge in murders continues
Newspaper article from: Call & Post; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...last year. The city's murder rate stood at slightly...Cincinnati had recorded 42 murders this year, down from...cause for the jump in murder this year. And, despite the recent jump in murders, the city's murder rate is still significantly...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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ONE MURDER EVERY WEEK; and our biggest city has twice the murder rate of London EVERY PIN ON THESE MAPS MARKS A VIOLENT DEATH IN SCOTLAND'S CITIES.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 7/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...on the way to being the UK's murder capital with 14 murders so far this year alone. Using...Record has created a profile of murder hot-spots in the country's...cities. Last year, there were 25 murders in Glasgow, a rate of 4.3 murders...
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Should murder accomplices face execution?
News Wire article from: Stateline.org; 8/13/2008; 700+ words
; ...in Mississippi for his role in the 1998 murder of an acquaintance who was beaten to death...who faces the death penalty for a 1996 murder despite not carrying it out himself...convicted under the state's "felony murder rule," which allows some accomplices...
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Murder police dig up garden.(News)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 9/28/2004; 700+ words
; ...By John Brophy Detectives invest-igating the murder of PC Keith Blakelock were today searching a...Scotland Yard said that officers investigating the murder of PC Blakelock and attempted murder of PC Richard Coombes began a forensic excavation...
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Murder
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Murder Roughly 1 in 15,000 people...exhibit low homicide rates, murder rates were much higher in the...fact that tens of thousands of murders are committed worldwide each...also overrepresented among murder victims (75 percent...
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murder
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
murder The act of murder is unique to humanity. While animals kill outside of their own species...Though most religions and cultures have gone out of their way to define murder as unnatural (the very use of the words ‘cold blooded...
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Murder vs. Manslaughter
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...that offense. For example, murder in the first degree, or first-degree murder, carries the sternest sentences and is usually reserved for murders committed with premeditation...homicide. The difference between murder and manslaughter is in the...
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Children, Murder of
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...sanctioned and unsanctioned murders have occurred throughout human history. Murder is the killing of one...passages that reflect the murder of children. God sanctions...experienced hundreds of child murders since the first settlers...earliest examples of the murder of children in America...
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Felony-Murder Rule
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
FELONY-MURDER RULE A rule of law that holds that if a killing...persons responsible for the felony can be charged with murder. Generally an intent to kill is not necessary for felony-murder. The rule becomes operative when there is a killing...
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