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{
"term": "murder",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the crime of killing somebody deliberately",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was found guilty of murder."
},
{
"text": "She has been charged with the **attempted murder** of her husband."
},
{
"text": "Who is responsible for this brutal murder?"
},
{
"text": "to **commit (a) murder**"
},
{
"text": "He was arrested on suspicion of murder."
},
{
"text": "a **murder case/investigation/charge/trial**"
},
{
"text": "The rebels were responsible for the **mass murder** of 400 civilians."
},
{
"text": "the families of the **murder victims**"
},
{
"text": "What was the **murder weapon**?"
},
{
"text": "The play is a **murder mystery**."
},
{
"text": "He was convicted of the murder of a police officer."
},
{
"text": "He committed the perfect murder and left no forensic evidence."
},
{
"text": "She plays a detective investigating a double murder."
},
{
"text": "He ordered the murder of his political opponents."
},
{
"text": "He vowed to avenge his brother's murder."
},
{
"text": "Her latest novel is a gripping murder mystery."
},
{
"text": "It was a murder which shocked the nation."
},
{
"text": "Nothing justifies murder."
},
{
"text": "The city used to be the murder capital of the world."
},
{
"text": "a city that has the highest murder rate in the US"
},
{
"text": "a verdict of wilful murder"
},
{
"text": "murders committed by terrorists"
},
{
"text": "new evidence that implicated her in the murder"
},
{
"text": "the wholesale murder of innocent citizens"
},
{
"text": "She had committed the murder the night before her thirtieth birthday."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["barbaric", "brutal", "grisly"],
"verb + murder": ["carry out", "commit", "perpetrate"],
"murder + verb": ["happen", "occur", "take place"],
"murder + noun": ["victim", "suspect", "detective"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to describe something that is difficult or unpleasant",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's murder trying to get to the airport at this time of day."
},
{
"text": "It was murder *(= very busy and unpleasant)* in the office today."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do whatever you want without being stopped or punished",
"labels": "(informal, often humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They let their children get away with murder!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to scream loudly and for a long time, especially in order to protest about something",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɜːdə(r)/",
"audio": "mu/murder/murder__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɜːrdər/",
"audio": "mu/murder/murder__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará ‘death’ and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre."
}