plural noun
More than one crime involving the deliberate and illegal killing of another person.
Detectives investigate murders in the city.
These murders shocked the whole community.
American English
How to pronounce murders
noun · verbB2Very common word
MERdderz
/ˈmɚ.ɾɚz/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of murder
More than one crime involving the deliberate and illegal killing of another person.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
third-person singular verb
He, she, or it deliberately and illegally kills another person.
In the novel, the villain murders his business partner.
The character murders a rival to gain control.
Useful expressions
a story about a murder and the search for the killer
We watched a murder mystery last night.
an object used to kill someone
The knife was found near the body and may be the murder weapon.
to kill someone deliberately and illegally
He was convicted of committing murder.