murder

7 definitions • 12 examples

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)

a group of crows (= large black birds):

The crow's association with death as a result of its tendency to scavenge on the battlefield probably led to the sinister term 'murder of crows'.

to commit the crime of intentionally killing a person:

Her husband was murdered by gunmen as she watched.

In the last year, terrorists have murdered several local journalists.

If you say you will or could murder someone, you mean you are very angry with them:

If he's late again, I'll murder him!

to do or perform something very badly, so that you spoil it completely:

karaoke singers who murder pop classics

the crime of intentionally killing a person:

[ C ] There were three murders in the town last year.

[ U ] He was convicted of murder.

If you say that something is murder, you mean it is very difficult or takes a lot of work:

[ U ] It’s murder finding a parking space in this neighborhood.