Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - murder

(murders, murdering, murdered) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Murder is the deliberate and illegal killing of a person. The three accused, aged between 19 and 20, are charged with attempted murder... She refused to testify, unless the murder charge against her was dropped. ...brutal murders. N-VAR 2. To murder someone means to commit the crime of killing them deliberately. ...a thriller about two men who murder a third to see if they can get away with it. ...the body of a murdered religious and political leader. VERB: V n, V-ed, also V 3. If you say that someone gets away with murder, you are complaining that they can do whatever they like without anyone trying to control them or punish them. (INFORMAL) His charm and the fact that he is so likeable often allows him to get away with murder. PHRASE: V inflects c darkgreen]disapproval