murder
31murder*/*/ — [ˈmɜːdə] noun [C/U] I the crime of deliberately killing someone The murder was committed over five years ago.[/ex] See: manslaughter • be murder informal to be very difficult or unpleasant[/ex] The traffic out there is murder.[/ex] get away with… …
32murder — {{11}}murder (n.) c.1300, murdre, from O.E. morðor (pl. morþras) secret killing of a person, unlawful killing, also mortal sin, crime; punishment, torment, misery, from P.Gmc. *murthra (Cf. Goth maurþr, and, from a variant form of the same root,… …
33murder — n. & v. n. 1 the unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by another (cf. MANSLAUGHTER). 2 colloq. an unpleasant, troublesome, or dangerous state of affairs (it was murder here on Saturday). v.tr. 1 kill (a human being) unlawfully, esp.… …
34murder — I. noun Etymology: partly from Middle English murther, from Old English morthor; partly from Middle English murdre, from Anglo French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, Latin mort , mors death,… …
35Murder — Headless DEMON who sees through his breasts and speaks with the voice taken over from his victims. In the Testament of Solomon, Murder is summoned to appear before King SOLOMON. He says that he has no head and he tries to get one by devouring… …
36murder — noun 1》 the unlawful premeditated killing of one person by another. 2》 informal a very difficult or unpleasant situation or experience. verb 1》 kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation. 2》 informal spoil by poor performance. 3》 informal,… …
37murder — In earlier centuries, *chapbooks and *broadsides catered for public curiosity about crimes; many were based on murder trials and (real or alleged) confessions of murderers before they were hanged, garnished with sensational details and… …
38murder — 1. noun /ˈmɜːdə,ˈmɝdɚ/ a) An act of deliberate killing of another human being. There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone. b) The crime of deliberate killing. The defendant was charged with …
39Murder — Wilful murder was distinguished from accidental homicide, and was invariably visited with capital punishment (Num. 35:16, 18, 21, 31; Lev. 24:17). This law in its principle is founded on the fact of man s having been made in the likeness of… …
40murder — [OE] The ultimate source of murder is the Indo European base *mor , *mr ‘die’ (source also of English mortal). Its extension *mrt produced a prehistoric Germanic *mortam (source of German, Swedish, and Danish mord and Dutch moord ‘murder’) and… …
