MURDER

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human, and generally this premeditated state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide . A person who commits murder is called a murderer.

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Murder!

Murder! is a 1930 British drama film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. Written by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville and Walter C. Mycroft, it is based on a novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. It was Hitchcock's third all-talkie film, after Blackmail and Juno and the Paycock.

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murder

Noun

  1. An act of deliberate killing of another being, especially a human.
  2. The crime of deliberate killing of another human.
  3. The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
  4. Something terrible to endure.
  5. A group of crows;

Verb

  1. To deliberately kill (a person or persons).
    The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.
  2. To defeat decisively.
    Our team is going to murder them.
  3. To botch or mangle
  4. To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
    He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!
  5. to devour, ravish.
    I could murder a hamburger right now.


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