half murder

noun

Definitions

  1. The committing of a grievous, but not fatal, injury.

    • That was the half murder. The next one was a liquor seller, Philips Daruwala, and that was the first proper murder.
    • Before he could get out Rita was already arrested for half-murder of her step-father.

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