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murder noun
/ˈmɜː.dər/
/ˈmɝː.dɚ/ n [C or U] Definition
the crime of intentionally killing a person
Two sisters have been charged with (= officially accused of) murder.
There were three murders in the town last year.
The three were convicted of (= proved guilty of) murder.
a murder weapon (= a weapon used to commit a murder)
(Definition of murder noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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