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premurder

premurder adjective: happening before a murder.

Adjective

premurder (not comparable)

  1. Happening before a murder.
    • We fail to see, and the State has not indicated, how the premurder statements to one who was not a co-conspirator can be termed in furtherance of the conspiracy.1981, Illinois Appellate Reports: Official Reports of the Illinois Appellate Court, page 1008
    • And in 1997, a grand jury that was grinding away at the case learned of an interesting premurder conversation between Neulander and Myron "Pep" Levin.2006, Sam Stall, Suburban Legends: True Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Minivans, Quirk Books, →ISBN, page 67

Origin of premurder

From pre- + murder.

Questions about premurder

What does premurder mean?
Premurder means happening before a murder.
What part of speech is premurder?
Premurder is an adjective.

Words near premurder in the dictionary

  1. premunire facias
  2. premunires
  3. premunition
  4. premunitory
  5. premunity
  6. premurder
  7. premuscular
  8. premusical
  9. premutagenic
  10. premutate
  11. premutated

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