Noun murder An act of deliberate killing There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone (law; uncountable) The crime of deliberate killing The defendant was charged with murder (uncountable) An ordeal ''This headache is murder'\' (as a modifier) Of or relating to a murder. murder victim; murder case A fanciful name for a group of crows. Translations Dutch: moord f (1, 2, 4), moordzaak f (1), moordend (adj.) (3), zwerm m (5), groep f (5) French: meurtre m (1, 2) Italian: omicidio m, assassinio m Transitive verb to murder To deliberately kill (a person or persons) (sports; figurative colloquial) To defeat decisively Our team is going to murder them (figurative, colloquial) To express one's anger at. He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him! Translations Dutch: moorden (1), de grond in boren (2) Italian: assassinare Derivatives murderer murderess See also first-degree murder, murder in the first degree second-degree murder, murder in the second degree
