{
    "term": "murder",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the crime of killing somebody deliberately",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was found guilty of murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been charged with the **attempted murder** of her husband."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who is responsible for this brutal murder?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **commit (a) murder**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was arrested on suspicion of murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **murder case/investigation/charge/trial**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rebels were responsible for the **mass murder** of 400 civilians."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the families of the **murder victims**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What was the **murder weapon**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The play is a **murder mystery**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was convicted of the murder of a police officer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He committed the perfect murder and left no forensic evidence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She plays a detective investigating a double murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He ordered the murder of his political opponents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He vowed to avenge his brother's murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her latest novel is a gripping murder mystery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a murder which shocked the nation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nothing justifies murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city used to be the murder capital of the world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a city that has the highest murder rate in the US"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a verdict of wilful murder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "murders committed by terrorists"
                },
                {
                    "text": "new evidence that implicated her in the murder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the wholesale murder of innocent citizens"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had committed the murder the night before her thirtieth birthday."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["barbaric", "brutal", "grisly"],
                "verb + murder": ["carry out", "commit", "perpetrate"],
                "murder + verb": ["happen", "occur", "take place"],
                "murder + noun": ["victim", "suspect", "detective"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to describe something that is difficult or unpleasant",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's murder trying to get to the airport at this time of day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was murder *(= very busy and unpleasant)* in the office today."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do whatever you want without being stopped or punished",
            "labels": "(informal, often humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They let their children get away with murder!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to scream loudly and for a long time, especially in order to protest about something",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɜːdə(r)/",
                "audio": "mu/murder/murder__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɜːrdər/",
                "audio": "mu/murder/murder__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará ‘death’ and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre."
}