Murderee
[mur-duh-ree] /ˌmɜr dəˈri/
noun
1.
a murderer’s victim or intended victim.
Read Also:
- Murderer
[mur-der-er] /ˈmɜr dər ər/ noun 1. a person who commits . Idioms 2. murderers’ row, n. mid-14c., alteration of murtherer (c.1300), agent noun from murder (v.); in part from Old French mordrere, from Medieval Latin murdrarius, from Germanic. Old English words for this included morðorcwalu, morðorslaga, morðorwyrhta, literally “murder-wright.” The original murderer’s row was in […]
- Murder-in-the-cathedral
noun 1. a verse drama (1935) by T. S. Eliot.
- Murderess
[mur-der-is] /ˈmɜr dər ɪs/ noun 1. a woman who commits murder.
- Murder-one
noun 1. first-degree murder. See under (def 1). noun phrase The criminal offense of murder in the first degree: when he did get to trial, and they were going to go for murder one (1971+)
- Murderous
[mur-der-uh s] /ˈmɜr dər əs/ adjective 1. of the nature of or involving : a murderous deed. 2. guilty of, bent on, or capable of . 3. extremely difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant: murderous heat. /ˈmɜːdərəs/ adjective 1. intending, capable of, or guilty of murder 2. (informal) very dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant: a murderous road adj. […]