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multimurder

adj

Etymology

From multi- + murder.

  1. derived from *mer-✻
  2. derived from *mr̥tro-✻ — “killing”
  3. inherited from *murþrą✻ — “death, killing, murder”
  4. inherited from *morþr✻
  5. inherited from morþor — “secret slaying, unlawful killing”
  6. inherited from murder
  7. prefixed as multimurder — “multi + murder”

Definitions

  1. Involving more than one murder.

    • Sergeant Vincensio Mahero once again received a call to view a multimurder scene that indicated it to be a professional execution, possibly of a political nature.

  2. Multiple murders, especially when committed by a single killer.

    • Before firing a shot, an officer must consider the fact that regardless of what a man has done—multimurder or what have you—the State of Michigan has no capital punishment.
    • The macabre multimurders and the trial that convicted Manson commanded national media attention.
    • That the structure of collection folding out of or into multimurder was not neutral but hellbent on extending torment beyond the grave, rests its case.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA