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felony murders

felony murders is the plural of felony murder.

Meaning of felony murder

Noun

felony murder (countable and uncountable, plural felony murders)

  1. The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person.
    • In many states, an act of arson that accidentally kills someone automatically makes the arsonist liable for felony murder.

Questions about felony murders

What is felony murders the plural of?
Felony murders is the plural of felony murder.

Words near felony murders in the dictionary

  1. felonwood
  2. felonwort
  3. felony
  4. felony murder
  5. felony murder rule
  6. felony murders
  7. felony stop
  8. felony stops
  9. felony traffic stop
  10. felony traffic stops
  11. Feloop

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