(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
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 ~...
She refused to testify, unless the ~ charge against her was dropped.
...brutal ~s.
N-VAR
2.
To ~ someone means to commit the crime of killing them deliberately.
...a thriller about two men who ~ a third to see if they can get away with it.
...the body of a ~ed religious and political leader.
VERB: V n, V-ed, also V
3.
If you say that someone gets away with ~, 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 ~.
PHRASE: V inflects disapproval