multimurder
multimurder adjective: involving more than one murder.
Adjective
multimurder (not comparable)
- 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.2014, James O'Callaghan, Manila Gold
Noun
multimurder (countable and uncountable, plural multimurders)
- 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.1973, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Crime, Street Crime in America, page 420
- The macabre multimurders and the trial that convicted Manson commanded national media attention.1980, William Aiken, Hugh LaFollette, Whose child?, page 44
Forms of multimurder
| plural | multimurders |
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Origin of multimurder
From multi- + murder.
Questions about multimurder
- What does multimurder mean?
- Multimurder means involving more than one murder.
- What part of speech is multimurder?
- Multimurder can be an adjective or a noun.
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