murder
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
law
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From Middle English murder, murdre, mourdre, alteration of earlier murthre (“murder”) (see murther), from Old English morþor (“secret slaying, unlawful killing”) and Old English myrþra (“murder, homicide”), both from Proto-West Germanic *morþr, from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“death, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tro- (“killing”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *mor-, *mr̥- (“to die”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂 (maurþr, “murder”), Old High German mord (“murder”), Old Norse morð (“murder”), Old English myrþrian (“to murder”) and morþ.
The -d- in the Middle English form may have been influenced in part by Anglo-Norman murdre, from Old French murdre, from Medieval Latin murdrum (whence the English doublet of murdrum), from Frankish *morþr, *murþr (“murder”), from the same Germanic root, though this may also have been wholly the result of internal development (compare burden, from burthen).
(crows): Attested at least since 1475.
Inflected forms:
form: murders
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: murther
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: murders
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: murdering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: murdered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: murdered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: murther
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The defendant was charged with murder.
One of the most urgent tasks facing me after 1 assumed office was to assure the country that everything possible was being done to uncover the truth surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy. John Kennedy had been murdered, and a troubled, puzzled, and outraged nation wanted to know the facts.
Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
gloss: The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The act of killing a person (or sometimes another being) unlawfully, especially with predetermination
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.
The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.
It may be guessed, indeed, that this was the original form of the story, the fairy being the addition of those who considered Jack's thefts from (and murder of) the giant to be scarcely justified without her.
Life is cheap, never forget it. Corporations make marketing decisions by weighing the cost of being sued for your death against the cost of making the product safer. Your life is a factor in cost-effectiveness. So when you talk about murder, don't confine your discussion to individuals.
Captain Sulu, who served under the legendary James T. Kirk for many years, disobeys Starfleet orders in order to try and help Kirk and another old shipmate, Dr. McCoy, who have been imprisoned for the murder of the Klingon chancellor.
Dr. Herrera also knew Hemingway had held Batista's army personally responsible for the brutal murders of his dogs, Blackie (Black Dog) and Machakos.
gloss: An act of killing that the speaker believes to be immoral.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Meat is murder.
Abortion is murder.
gloss: Something terrible to endure.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: This headache is murder.
gloss: A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.
pos: noun
tags: collective
countable
examples: For his part, Melchior was growing unhappy with the murder of crows. They had been patiently following Arthur for hours, trailing him from town to country.
Without the murder of crows roosting in its branches, Nevermore Tree looked as bare as a skeleton.
gloss: Something remarkable or impressive.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
slang
uncountable
examples: Right quick another cat spoke up real loud, saying, “That’s murder man, really murder,” and his eyes were signifying too.
Altaira Morbius: [swimming in a pool] Come on in.
Commander Adams: I didn't bring my bathing suit.
Altaira Morbius: What's a bathing suit?
Commander Adams: [quickly turning his back] Oh, murder!
gloss: a murderer
pos: noun
tags: countable
nonstandard
uncountable
gloss: To illegally kill (a person or persons) with intent, especially with predetermination
pos: verb
examples: The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.
In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the reſidue of thoſe auncient fatherly men as they ſat in theyr Chayres were ſlaine and cruelly murthered.
gloss: To kill violently.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
excessive
examples: My uncle’s dog murdered my cat.
gloss: To defeat decisively.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
excessive
figuratively
transitive
examples: Our team is going to murder them.
gloss: To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
excessive
figuratively
examples: He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!
gloss: To botch or mangle.
pos: verb
examples: Dr. Caius, the Frenchman in the play, and Evans the Welshman, "Gallia et Guallia," succeed pretty well in their efforts to murder the language.
gloss: To devour, ravish.
pos: verb
tags: UK
colloquial
figuratively
examples: I could murder a hamburger right now.
“Is that so? Well, I could murder a cup of tea,” said Auntie Flip.
Synonyms: assassinate
kill
massacre
slaughter
remove
Derived words: antimurder
archmurderer
axe-murder
axe murder
axe murderer
axe-murderer
blue murder
capital murder
countermurder
cry blue murder
depraved-heart murder
depraved-indifference murder
felony murder
felony murder rule
first-degree murder
gentle murder paradox
get away with murder
half murder
lust murder
malice murder
mass murder
mass murderer
megamurder
multimurder
murdelize
murderabilia
murderable
Murderapolis
murderate
murderball
murder ballad
murderbird
murder board
murder book
murderbot
murder by suicide
murdercide
murdered
murderee
murderer
murderess
murderest
murdereth
murder-for-hire
murder hobo
murderhobo
murder-hobo
murder-hole
murder hole
murderhood
murder hornet
Murder Husbands
murderin'
murdering
Murderino
murder in the dark
murder in the first degree
murder in the second degree
murderish
murderize
murderless
murder log
murderment
murder mitten
murdermonger
murder mystery
murder noodle
murder one
murderous
murderously
murderousness
murder rap
murder simulator
murdersome
murder-suicide
murder weapon
murder will out
murdery
murdress
muti murder
nonmurder
nonmurderer
postmurder
premurder
scream bloody murder
scream blue murder
second-degree murder
self-murder
self-murderer
social murder
third-degree murder
unmurdered
unmurderous
wink murder
murder one's darlings
unmurder
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: moord
lang: Arabic
word: قَتْلٌ عَمْدٌ
roman: qatlun ʕamdun
lang: Armenian
word: սպանություն
roman: spanutʻyun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qətl
lang: Azerbaijani
word: öldürmə
lang: Belarusian
word: забо́йства
roman: zabójstva
lang: Bulgarian
word: уби́йство
roman: ubíjstvo
lang: Catalan
word: assassinat
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 謀殺 /谋杀
roman: mau⁴ saat³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 謀殺 /谋杀
roman: móushā
lang: Czech
word: vražda
lang: Danish
word: mord
lang: Dutch
word: moord
lang: Esperanto
word: murdo
lang: Estonian
word: mõrv
lang: Estonian
word: roim
lang: Finnish
word: murha
lang: French
word: meurtre
lang: French
word: assassinat
lang: Galician
word: asasinato
lang: Georgian
word: მკვლელობა
roman: mḳvleloba
lang: German
word: Mord
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂
roman: maurþr
lang: Greek
word: φόνος
roman: fónos
lang: Greek
word: δολοφονία
roman: dolofonía
lang: Greek
word: ανθρωποκτονία
roman: anthropoktonía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: φόνος
roman: phónos
lang: Hebrew
word: רֶצַח
roman: rétzakh
lang: Hindi
word: हत्या
roman: hatyā
lang: Hungarian
word: gyilkosság
lang: Icelandic
word: morð
lang: Irish
word: dúnmharú
lang: Italian
word: assassinio
lang: Italian
word: omicidio
lang: Japanese
word: 殺人
roman: satsujin
lang: Japanese
word: 殺人罪
roman: satsujinzai
lang: Korean
word: 살인
roman: sarin
lang: Korean
word: 살인죄
roman: sarinjoe
lang: Korean
word: 모살
roman: mosal
lang: Central Kurdish
word: کوشتن
roman: kuştin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kuştin
lang: Latin
word: interfeciō
lang: Latin
word: homicīdium
lang: Latvian
word: slepkavība
lang: Lithuanian
word: nužudymas
lang: Macedonian
word: убиство
roman: ubistvo
lang: Malagasy
word: vono
lang: Malay
word: pembunuhan
lang: Malayalam
word: കൊലപാതകം
roman: kolapātakaṁ
lang: Norman
word: meurtre
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: mord
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: mord
lang: Ojibwe
word: nitaagewin
lang: Old English
word: mansliht
lang: Old English
word: sleġe
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Mort
lang: Polish
word: morderstwo
lang: Polish
word: zabójstwo
lang: Portuguese
word: assassínio
lang: Portuguese
word: homicídio
lang: Portuguese
word: assassinato
lang: Russian
word: уби́йство
roman: ubíjstvo
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: mort
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: murt
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: уби́ство
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: у̀бо̄јство
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: умо́рство
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ubístvo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ùbōjstvo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: umórstvo
lang: Slovak
word: vražda
lang: Slovene
word: umor
lang: Spanish
word: asesinato
lang: Swedish
word: mord
lang: Tagalog
word: pagpatay
lang: Tamil
word: கொலை
roman: kolai
lang: Tarifit
word: tamenɣiwt
lang: Telugu
word: హత్య
roman: hatya
lang: Turkish
word: cinayet
lang: Turkish
word: adam öldürme
lang: Ukrainian
word: уби́вство
roman: ubývstvo
lang: Ukrainian
word: вби́вство
roman: vbývstvo
lang: Vietnamese
word: (tội) giết người
lang: Vietnamese
word: (tội) ám sát
lang: Albanian
word: vras
lang: Arabic
word: قَتَلَ
roman: qatala
lang: Armenian
word: սպանել
roman: spanel
lang: Belarusian
word: забіва́ць
roman: zabivácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: забі́ць
roman: zabícʹ
lang: Bengali
word: কতল করা
roman: kotol kora
lang: Catalan
word: assassinar
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 殺害 /杀害
roman: saat³ hoi⁶
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 殺人 /杀人
roman: saat³ jan⁴
lang: Chinese
word: 殺害 /杀害
roman: sat-hāi
lang: Chinese
word: 謀殺 /谋杀
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 殺人 /杀人
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 刣人
roman: thâi lâng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 殺害 /杀害
roman: shāhài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 殺人 /杀人
roman: shārén
lang: Czech
word: zavraždit
lang: Danish
word: myrde
lang: Dutch
word: vermoorden
lang: Dutch
word: moorden
lang: Esperanto
word: murdi
lang: Estonian
word: tapma
lang: Estonian
word: mõrvama
lang: Estonian
word: roimama
lang: Finnish
word: murhata
lang: French
word: occire
lang: French
word: meurtrir
lang: French
word: assassiner
lang: German
word: ermorden
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: dauþjan
lang: Greek
word: δολοφονώ
roman: dolofonó
lang: Greek
word: σκοτώνω
roman: skotóno
lang: Greek
word: φονεύω
roman: fonévo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: φονεύω
roman: phoneúō
lang: Hebrew
word: רצח
roman: ratzákh
lang: Hungarian
word: meggyilkol
lang: Icelandic
word: myrða
lang: Ingrian
word: murhata
lang: Irish
word: dúnmharaigh
lang: Italian
word: assassinare
lang: Japanese
word: 殺す
roman: korosu
lang: Japanese
word: 殺害する
roman: satsugai-suru
lang: Kabyle
word: enɣ
lang: Khmer
word: សម្លាប់
roman: somləp
lang: Korean
word: 살인하다
roman: sarinhada
lang: Central Kurdish
word: کوشت
roman: kuşt
lang: Latin
word: occido
lang: Latvian
word: noslepkavot
lang: Latvian
word: slepkavot
lang: Lithuanian
word: žudyti
lang: Māori
word: kōhuru
lang: Māori
word: whakatoke
lang: Māori
word: tōwhare
lang: Norman
word: assâsinner
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: myrde
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: myrde
lang: Occitan
word: assassinar
lang: Polish
word: zabić
lang: Polish
word: zamordować
lang: Portuguese
word: assassinar
lang: Russian
word: убива́ть
roman: ubivátʹ
lang: Russian
word: уби́ть
roman: ubítʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: убити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: умо̀рити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ùbiti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: umòriti
lang: Slovak
word: vraždiť
lang: Slovak
word: zavraždiť
lang: Slovene
word: umoriti
lang: Spanish
word: asesinar
lang: Spanish
word: victimar
lang: Swedish
word: mörda
lang: Tibetan
word: ཀྲོངས
roman: krongs
lang: Tibetan
word: ལྐོག་གསོད་གཏོང་བ
roman: lkog gsod gtong ba
lang: Tibetan
word: ལྐོག་གསོད་བཏང་བ
roman: lkog gsod btang ba
lang: Tok Pisin
word: kilim
lang: Turkish
word: öldürmek
lang: Turkish
word: katletmek
lang: Vietnamese
word: giết
lang: Vietnamese
word: ám sát
lang: Vietnamese
word: tàn sát
lang: Welsh
word: lladd
lang: Welsh
word: llofruddio
lang: Wiradjuri
word: baluubuunil