murder

Definitions of "murder"
  1. The act of intentionally ending a person's life, determined by law as illegal and carried out under certain stipulations such as pre-planning
  2. The illegal action of taking a human being's life under circumstances considered murder
  3. The act of performing the crime characterized as murder
How to use "murder" in a sentence
  1. The defendant was found guilty of committing murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
  2. In her testimony, she stated that she witnessed the act of murder firsthand.
  3. The evidence collected by the investigative team clearly points to the suspect having committed the murder.

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