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murders

  • plural
    of murder.
    murder
    noun
    the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson first-degree murder, ormurder one, and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation second-degree murder, ormurder two.
  • present tense form
    of murder (3rd person singular).
    murder
    noun
    the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson first-degree murder, ormurder one, and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation second-degree murder, ormurder two.

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Hobrough said in the last 10 months the force had dealt with the number of murders that would typically take place in two to three years.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Crime has continued to decrease since Mamdani took office, hitting record lows in shootings and murders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

A man arrested in connection with one of Wales' most notorious unsolved murders is no longer under investigation, police have said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

These attacks, plus a long list of murders of expatriates in Europe, happened when the oft-described “pragmatist,” Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani still dominated Tehran and controlled the Intelligence Ministry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

White explained that they had talked to a man named Burt Lawson in the pen, who said differently—said that Burkhart knew a good deal about the murders.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann