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noun

Murder n. The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. "Mordre will out." "The killing of their children had, in the account of God, the guilt of murder, as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry." "Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far." Note: Murder in the second degree, in most jurisdictions, is a malicious homicide committed without a specific intention to take life.

verb

Murder v. t. (past & past part. murdered; pres. part. murdering)

To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.

To destroy; to put an end to. "(Canst thou) murder thy breath in middle of a word?"

To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.

Synonyms: To kill; assassinate; slay. See Kill.

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Etymology of 'Murder'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Murder" Quotes from Famous Books

... and an old-fashioned carpet-bag. He caught sight of me as I caught sight of him, and he stirred, and made at once for our door. If I had possessed the power of seeing more than the obvious, I should have seen robbery, and murder, and the very devil himself coming in close attendance upon him as he crossed the pavement. But as it was, I saw nothing but a stranger, and I threw open the window and asked the man what he ...

— Dead Men's Money • J. S. Fletcher

... of evidence. Thinking himself safe, de Beauvallon then returned. But he was not safe. The Supreme Court cancelled the decision of the inferior one, and announced that he was to stand his trial for murder. ...

— The Magnificent Montez - From Courtesan to Convert • Horace Wyndham

... the other. "But I am not willing that I should be brought here as the witness to a murder. If he will fight you, I will see you through. If he will not fight you, there needs no witness to your shooting him. You have no right, Clifford, to require this ...

— Confession • W. Gilmore Simms

... but excitedly). You dare not fire! No, dare not! A shot here will bring my pal and Sandy Morton to confront you. You will have killed me to save exposure, have added murder to imposture! You have no witness ...

— Two Men of Sandy Bar - A Drama • Bret Harte

... a thought flew like a whirlwind through Stas' mind and caused the hair to rise on his head. What would happen if any one of the outlaws placed a knife at Nell's breast, and announced that he would murder her if he—Stas—did not surrender and return ...

— In Desert and Wilderness • Henryk Sienkiewicz

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