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noun | verb murdermurder1 /ˈmɚdɚ/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] ETYMOLOGYmurder1Origin: partly from Old English morthor, partly from Old French murdre ► murder was committed The murder was committed some time between 12:00 and 3:00. THESAURUSa particular crime► crime a dishonest, violent, or immoral action that can be punished by law: The woman insisted that she had not committed any crime. This is a serious crime – thousands of dollars were stolen. ► theft the crime of stealing things: The rate of car theft has increased this year. ► robbery the crime of stealing money or valuable things from a bank, store, etc.: There was another armed robbery at the bank. ► burglary the crime of going into someone’s home in order to steal money or valuable things: We had an alarm system installed to prevent burglary. ► shoplifting the crime of taking things from a store without paying for them: The store reports all cases of shoplifting to the police. ► larceny formal the crime of stealing things. Used in legal language: Police arrested the purse snatcher and charged him with larceny. ► mugging the crime of attacking and robbing someone in public: Most muggings occur on dark streets. ► assault the crime of attacking someone physically: The man who beat him was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. ► rape the crime of forcing someone to have sex: The rape occurred when the woman was walking home at night. ► murder the crime of deliberately killing someone: For a killing to be called murder, it had to be intentional. ► manslaughter the crime of killing someone illegally but not deliberately: He was convicted of manslaughter for killing his brother in the fight. ► homicide formal the crime of killing someone. Used in legal language: Police are treating the death as a case of homicide. ► drug dealing the crime of selling illegal drugs: Drug dealing is a real problem in some neighborhoods. ► fraud the crime of deceiving people in order to get money or things: He used fraud to get people to invest in the fake company. ► forgery the crime of illegally copying official documents, money, etc.: The group was involved in the forgery of land contracts. ► counterfeiting the crime of copying money to deceive people: Color photocopiers have made counterfeiting easier. ► vandalism the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property: Two teenagers were arrested for vandalism at the school. ► arson the crime of deliberately making something burn, especially a building: Investigators believe that arson was the cause of the fire. 1the crime of deliberately killing someone: She was found guilty of murder. a series of brutal murders Curtis’s husband has been charged with her murder.murder of the murder of an 80-year-old woman The murder was committed some time between 12:00 and 3:00. a murder trial The murder weapon has not been found.► see thesaurus at crime → see also manslaughter2get away with murder informal to not be punished for doing something wrong, or to be allowed to do anything you want, even bad things: She lets those kids get away with murder.3be murder spoken to be very difficult or unpleasant: The traffic was murder this morning.4be murder on somebody/something spoken to be harmful, damaging, or painful to someone or something: High heels might look good, but they’re murder on your feet.5murder-for-hire the crime of killing someone because you have been paid to do it [Origin: partly from Old English morthor, partly from Old French murdre] noun | verb murdermurder2 ●●● W3 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEmurder |
| Present | I, you, we, they | murder | | he, she, it | murders | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | murdered | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have murdered | | he, she, it | has murdered | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had murdered | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will murder | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have murdered |
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| Present | I | am murdering | | he, she, it | is murdering | | you, we, they | are murdering | | Past | I, he, she, it | was murdering | | you, we, they | were murdering | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been murdering | | he, she, it | has been murdering | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been murdering | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be murdering | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been murdering |
THESAURUSmake somebody/something die► kill to make a person or living thing die: She was accused of killing her husband. You’ll kill your plants if you water them too much. ► murder to deliberately kill someone: He is accused of murdering four people. ► take somebody’s life to kill someone. Used to emphasize that life is important: All religions teach that it is wrong to take another person’s life. ► assassinate to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician: President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963. ► commit murder to murder someone. Used when you are not saying exactly who was murdered: What would make her want to commit murder? ► commit suicide to deliberately cause your own death: After killing the other people, he committed suicide. ► commit manslaughter to kill someone without intending to: He was accused of committing manslaughter after driving too fast and hitting someone in a parking lot. ► execute somebody/put somebody to death to kill someone as a punishment for a crime: Members of the former government were executed for their crimes. ► slaughter/massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way: Troops came into the village and slaughtered hundreds of people. ► exterminate formal to kill all of a particular group of animals or people: They use poison to exterminate the insects. ► slay to kill someone violently. Used especially in newspapers: The family was slain in their homes. 1to kill someone deliberately and illegally: He was convicted of murdering his former boss. the murdered man► see thesaurus at kill12informal to completely defeat someone in a game, match, competition, etc.: They murdered us in the finals.3informal to spoil a song, play, etc. completely by performing it very badly: It’s a good song, but they murdered it.4somebody will murder somebody spoken informal used to say that someone will be very angry with someone else: Your dad’ll murder you when he hears about it. |