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# murderer

«murderer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who kills another person on purpose, against the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a murderer, murderers)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who kills another person on purpose, against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in news, law, history and crime stories and mysteries ("Who is the murderer?"). In law a murderer is a person convicted of murder, which is a very serious crime punished with long prison sentences. Phrases: "convicted murderer", "mass murderer".

### examples

- The detective finally worked out who the murderer was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/#x1)
- The murderer was sent to prison for life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/#x2)
- In the mystery book, the murderer was the gardener. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/#x3)
- Police are still searching for the murderer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/#x4)
- Macbeth becomes a murderer because he wants to be king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/#x5)
- Calling someone a murderer without proof is very serious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/#x6)
- Killing in an accident does not make you a murderer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/#x7)
- Who is there to tell that I am the murderer? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/#x8)

### note

Countable. Verb and noun "murder"; "murderous" (adjective). An old word for a woman murderer is "murderess". Note: killing by accident is not murder; in law it may be "manslaughter". A person is not called a murderer by the court until found guilty.

### In the corpora

- [The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1295/)
- [She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.22/)
- [The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.634/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «murderer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.