murder charge
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈmɜrdər tʃɑrdʒ/
:
acusación por asesinato
- After a lengthy investigation, the police filed a murder charge against the suspect.
- guilty on murder charges
So, so, so, so when you did, when you were looking at the, the attempted murder charge, that wasn't the, the, the watch thing?
- So, so, so, so when you did, when you were looking at the, the attempted murder charge, that wasn't the, the, the watch thing?
- You've seen people come in there with murder charges and I mean, horrific, the horrific things.
Examples
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Just 10 years ago, you'd have been brought up on first-degree murder charges.
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He's being extradited on a murder charge.
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Your client was brought in on murder charges.
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Which means your client was facing a double murder charge and you had to think of something fast.
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Even their lawyer thought one of the two was absolutely guilty of the murder charge.
Blog text (33) -
A Jasper Hills man is now facing first degree murder charges.
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Do you think arresting this mom on murder charges will give us answers?
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It was just announced that all murder charges against Davis have been dropped.
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They're trying to bargain their way out of a murder charge.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now, the Middleton family has filed felony murder charges against 27-year-old Collins.
Blog text (25)
Synonyms
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8.4
A formal charge that says someone killed another person
How Official
- Formal
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- Formal
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents keep their ordinary meanings: 'murder' (an unlawful killing) plus 'charge' (a formal accusation) combine predictably to mean an accusation of murder. This noun+noun composition is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Murder charge joins murder (the act of killing) and charge (a law word meaning an official accusation). Imagine an officer standing up and formally 'charging' someone with the killing—putting a formal claim against them. That's why murder charge means 'an official accusation that a person has committed murder'.