Murder | Mean of murder in English Dictionary

/ˈmɚdɚ/

• Noun
• the crime of deliberately killing a person
1. He was found guilty of (committing) murder.
2. She was accused/convicted of murder.
3. She was charged with murder. [=she was officially accused of the crime of murder]
4. the mass murder of civilians in wartime
5. a string of unsolved murders
6. the murder weapon
7. a murder suspect/victim/case
8. murder mysteries [=mystery stories about murder]
• something that is very difficult or unpleasant
1. That test was murder. [=it was very difficult]
2. Traffic is murder this time of day.
3. Carrying the luggage was murder on my back.
4. These shoes are murder on my feet.
• to murder someone without being captured or punished
1. a vicious killer who nearly got away with murder
2. The company had been getting away with murder for years before the scandal broke.
• Verb

• to kill (a person) in a deliberate and unlawful way
1. He was arrested and accused of murdering his wife.
2. His wife was found murdered.
3. a dictator who is responsible for murdering thousands of innocent people
4. My father will murder me [=he will be very angry] when he finds out that I dented the car.
• to spoil or ruin (something)
1. a writer who murders [=butchers] the English language
2. The band murdered that song.
• to defeat (an opponent) very badly
1. He got murdered [=slaughtered] in the opening round by last year's winner.