MURDER


Meaning of MURDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɜ:(r)də(r) ]

( murders, murdering, murdered)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Murder is the deliberate and illegal killing of a person.

The three accused, aged between 19 and 20, are charged with attempted murder...

She refused to testify, unless the murder charge against her was dropped.

...brutal murders.

N-VAR

2.

To murder someone means to commit the crime of killing them deliberately.

...a thriller about two men who murder a third to see if they can get away with it.

...the body of a murdered religious and political leader.

VERB : V n , V-ed , also V

3.

If you say that someone gets away with murder , you are complaining that they can do whatever they like without anyone trying to control them or punish them. ( INFORMAL )

His charm and the fact that he is so likeable often allows him to get away with murder.

PHRASE : V inflects [ disapproval ]

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