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 ]