[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/murder/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) / murder # murder noun (murder, a murder, murders); verb (murder, murders, murdered, murdering) «murder» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The crime of killing a person on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#m1) 2. Verb: to kill a person on purpose, against the law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#m2) 3. (informal) Something very hard or unpleasant: The traffic was murder today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#m3) 4. (informal) To do something very badly: She murdered that song. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#m4) 5. (informal, «could murder») To want something very much: I could murder a cup of tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#m5) ### In the lessons In stories, especially mysteries and crime novels, a murder is the puzzle detectives solve. In news it is a very serious crime. In everyday UK and Irish talk «murder» often means «really hard» or «really want». «Get away with murder» means to do bad things and not be punished. ### Examples - The detective solved the murder in the last chapter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#x1) - Murder is one of the worst crimes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#x2) - Climbing that hill on a bike is murder! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#x3) - I could murder a sandwich right now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#x4) - He murdered the high notes in the song. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#x5) - My little sister gets away with murder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#x6) - A group of crows is called a murder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#x7) - He was accused of nothing less than murder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/#x8) ### Note Murder means on purpose; killing by accident is not murder. Noun for the person: murderer. «A murder of crows» is a fun group noun. The informal senses are jokes and do not mean real killing. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: The Torah treats murder as one of the gravest sins, because every person is made in God's image. The prophets and psalms name murder among the great sins of a corrupt society, such as killing the widow, the stranger and the orphan. In the primary lessons: In stories, especially mysteries and crime novels, a murder is the puzzle detectives solve. In news it is a very serious crime. In everyday UK and Irish talk «murder» often means «really hard» or «really want». «Get away with murder» means to do bad things and not be punished. ### Examples - They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. (Writings PSA.94.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x1) - Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and offer unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye have not known, (Prophets JER.7.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x2) - And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity. (Prophets HOS.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x3) ### Note Murder means on purpose; killing by accident is not murder. Noun for the person: murderer. «A murder of crows» is a fun group noun. The informal senses are jokes and do not mean real killing. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «murder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«murder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/murder.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «murder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«murder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/murder.html) on Mova free.