Definition of murder
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought was convicted of murder
2a : something very difficult or dangerous
the traffic was murder carrying the luggage was murder on my back
b : something outrageous or blameworthy
getting away with murder
3 : a flock of crows
There's a reason the proper term for a flock of them is a murder of crows, and it's not because we like having them around.— Jeffrey Kluger
murder
verbDefinition of murder (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice
2 : to slaughter wantonly : slay
: to commit murder
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