murder
US: /ˈmɝdɝ/
UK: /mˈɜːdɐ/
UK: /mˈɜːdɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
murder /'mə:də/
- danh từ
- tội giết người, tội ám sát
- to commit murder: phạm tội giết người
- to cry blue murder
- la ó om sòm
- to get away with murder
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) nghịch ngợm (phá phách...) mà không bị làm sao
- the murder is out
- tất cả điều bí mật bị lộ; vụ âm mưu đã bị khám phá
- tội giết người, tội ám sát
- ngoại động từ
- giết, ám sát
- tàn sát
- (nghĩa bóng) làm hư, làm hỏng, làm sai (vì dốt nát, kém cỏi)
- to murder a song: hát sai một bài hát
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [U, C] the crime of killing sb deliberately
Synonym: HOMICIDE
He was found guilty of murder. + She has been charged with the attempted murder of her husband. + to commit (a) murder + a murder case / investigation / trial + The rebels were responsible for the mass murder of 400 civilians. + What was the murder weapon? + The play is a murder mystery.
Compare: MANSLAUGHTER
2 [U] (spoken) used to describe sth that is difficult or unpleasant: It's murder trying to get to the airport at this time of day. + It was murder (= very busy and unpleasant) in the office today.
Idioms: get away with murder (informal, often humorous) to do whatever you want without being stopped or punished
more at SCREAM v.
+ verb [VN]
1 to kill sb deliberately and illegally: He denies murdering his wife's lover. + The murdered woman was well known in the area.
2 to spoil sth because you do not do it very well: Critics accused him of murdering the English language (= writing or speaking it very badly).
3 (BrE, informal) to defeat sb completely, especially in a team sport
Synonym: THRASH
Idioms
I could murder a ... (spoken) used to say that you very much want to eat or drink sth: I could murder a beer.
sb will murder you (spoken) used to warn sb that another person will be very angry with them
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 homicide, manslaughter, regicide, patricide, matricide, parricide, fratricide, sororicide, uxoricide, infanticide; killing, slaying, assassination:
In many countries, murder is a crime punishable by death.
2 slaughter, butchery, genocide, massacre, liquidation, decimation, extermination, eradication, wiping out, murdering, slaying, killing, bloodshed, carnage:
Their wanton murder of thousands of prisoners of war has been proven.
v.
3 kill, slay, assassinate, put to death, end the life of, put away or down, put out of one's misery, wipe out, destroy, butcher, massacre, liquidate, exterminate, eradicate, annihilate, extinguish, slaughter, lay low, Slang eliminate, bump off, knock off, do in, polish off, blow away, US rub out, waste, ice, take for a ride, fit with a concrete overcoat or with concrete overshoes, snuff (out):
The drug dealers were murdered, one by one, by a rival gang.
4 spoil, ruin, mar, destroy, wreck, kill, mangle, butcher, mutilate:
She murdered the song by singing it far too fast.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
brutal, horrific, terrible, vicious | cold-blooded, premeditated, wilful
(law) a verdict of wilful murder
| attempted | double, mass, multiple | terrorist | racial, sectarian | unsolved
VERB + MURDER
commit
murders committed by terrorists
| jail sb for | avenge
He vowed to avenge his brother's murder.
| witness | implicate sb in
new evidence that implicated her in the murder
| get away with
(figurative) They let their children get away with murder!
MURDER + VERB
take place
MURDER + NOUN
victim | suspect | hunt
(informal),
inquiry, investigation | bid, plot | conviction | scene | mystery, story
Her latest novel is a gripping murder mystery.
CRIMES:
be guilty of, commit ~
Two key witnesses at her trial committed perjury.
accuse sb of, charge sb with ~
He has been accused of her murder.
convict sb of, find sb guilty of ~
She was found guilty of high treason.
acquit sb of ~
The engineer responsible for the collapse of the bridge was acquitted of manslaughter.
admit, confess to, deny ~
All three men have denied assault. She admitted 33 assault charges.
plead guilty/not guilty to ~
He pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency.
investigate (sb for) ~
She is being investigated for suspected bribery.
be suspected for/of ~
He was the least likely to be suspected of her murder.
be/come under investigation for ~
She was the second minister to come under investigation for corruption.
be wanted for ~ be wanted on charges of ~
He was wanted on charges of espionage.
solve
a case, crime, murder, robbery, theftThe police and the public must work together to solve the murder.
arrest sb for ~
Jean was arrested for arson.
be tried for, stand trial for ~
to stand trial for extortion
~ case/trial
The nurse's murder trial continues.
~ charge
The police agreed to drop the conspiracy charges against him.
a charge/count of ~
The jury convicted her on two counts of theft.
ADV.
barbarously, brutally, foully, in cold blood
The boy was brutally murdered. They were murdered in cold blood.
| ritually | allegedly
VERB + MURDER
attempt to, try to | plan to, plot to
PHRASES
admit/deny murdering sb, be accused of murdering sb, be charged with murdering sb
She was arrested and charged with murdering the two children.
| be convicted/found guilty of murdering sb, be found murdered
He was found murdered in the cemetery.
Concise English dictionary
murders|murdered|murdering'mɜrdər /'mɜːdə
noun
+unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
verb
+kill intentionally and with premeditation
+alter so as to make unrecognizable
