double murder
noun
: the act of killing two people at the same time
He was convicted of a double murder.
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Nick Reiner appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court for arraignment on double murder charges Wednesday.
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Dennis Romero, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
The last inmate caught after an audacious New Orleans jailbreak was sentenced Friday to two life sentences over a 2018 double murder, with the Louisiana judge rebuking him for the disruption caused by his five months on the run.
—CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
The state has another execution scheduled next week, serial killer Frank Athen Walls, for the double murder of a Florida couple in 1987.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
In exchange for the lesser charges, Homolka turned on her husband — testifying against Bernardo at his 1995 double murder trial.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
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Dennis Romero, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
The last inmate caught after an audacious New Orleans jailbreak was sentenced Friday to two life sentences over a 2018 double murder, with the Louisiana judge rebuking him for the disruption caused by his five months on the run.
—CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
The state has another execution scheduled next week, serial killer Frank Athen Walls, for the double murder of a Florida couple in 1987.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
In exchange for the lesser charges, Homolka turned on her husband — testifying against Bernardo at his 1995 double murder trial.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for double murder
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“Double murder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20murder. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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