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murder rap

murder rap noun: a murder charge.

Noun

murder rap (plural murder raps)

  1. (slang) A murder charge.
    • He informed me cheerfully that he had strangled one man in Europe for raping his sister, stabbed another to death in a gambling fracas, and was now beating it from the States because of a third murder rap.1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “If You Can’t Make Money”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 189

Forms of murder rap

pluralmurder raps

Questions about murder rap

What does murder rap mean?
Murder rap means a murder charge.
What part of speech is murder rap?
Murder rap is a noun.
What is the plural of murder rap?
The plural of murder rap is murder raps.

Words near murder rap in the dictionary

  1. murder mystery
  2. murder noodle
  3. murder noodles
  4. murder one
  5. murder one's darlings
  6. murder rap
  7. murder simulator
  8. murder simulators
  9. murder weapon
  10. murder weapons
  11. murder will out

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