Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who commits murder.

    Neither does a great nation […] debate, with drivelling tears, and diabolical sympathies, whether it ought not piously to save, and nursingly cherish, the lives of its murderers.

    Mörder, Mörderin

    уби́йцаubíjca, ки́ллерkíller, душегу́бdušegúb

    вби́вцяvbývcja, уби́вцяubývcja, душогу́бdušohúb

    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

Examples

184 sentences
  1. The murderer is still at large.

    Вбивцю ще не спіймали. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruУбийца всё ещё в бегах. — marafon

    deDer Mörder ist noch auf freiem Fuß. — BraveSentry

  2. The police are after the murderer.

    Поліція переслідує вбивцю. — deniko

    deDie Polizei ist hinter dem Mörder her. — Manfredo

  3. Tom knew who the murderer was.

    Том знав, хто був вбивцею. — deniko

    ruТом знал, кто убийца. — odexed

    deTom wusste, wer der Mörder war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I don't believe Tom is the murderer.

    Не думаю, що вбивця — Том. — deniko

    ruЯ не верю, что убийца - Том. — Selena777

  5. I don't believe that Tom is the murderer.

    Не думаю, що вбивця — Том. — deniko

    ruЯ не верю в то, что убийца - Том. — Selena777

    deIch glaube nicht, dass Tom der Mörder ist. — Zaghawa

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
person who commits murder:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who commits murder:

Origin

From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er.

From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er.

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Forms

plural: murderers

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being):liquidatormanslayer

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • the murderer was
  • not a murderer
  • is the murderer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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