double murder
noun
: the act of killing two people at the same time
He was convicted of a double murder.
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Jones, now 60, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the brutal double murder of an elderly couple during a robbery in their Mead Valley home.
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Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Police plan to compare ballistics in the drug house murder with slugs from a double murder seven hours earlier.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Texas is planning to execute Richard Lee Tabler for the double murder of two men in 2004.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The lead prosecutor in YNW Melly’s double murder case recently filed court documents that show the state plans to admit 55 songs, four album covers and 18 audio files into evidence.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Police plan to compare ballistics in the drug house murder with slugs from a double murder seven hours earlier.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Texas is planning to execute Richard Lee Tabler for the double murder of two men in 2004.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The lead prosecutor in YNW Melly’s double murder case recently filed court documents that show the state plans to admit 55 songs, four album covers and 18 audio files into evidence.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 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 18 Apr. 2025.
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