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murdering

  • present participle
    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.

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Alan Carr has said he still feels bad about murdering singer Paloma Faith in the 2025 series of The Celebrity Traitors, as he picked up an NTA award on Tuesday night.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The sister of the woman Knox was acquitted of murdering has objected to the show that is due to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Knox was convicted and later acquitted of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Mitchell sees Aemond as a product of his circumstances, rather than just a murdering psychopath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The government, it seemed, had never been in the habit of murdering people for not submitting their children to a public education.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover