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• n  unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
• v  kill intentionally and with premeditation
  The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
• v  alter so as to make unrecognizable
  The tourists murdered the French language

• The FBI says murder and manslaughters reported to police dropped almost 4 percent last year.
• The emotions of two teenage suspects in a gruesome murder are apparently chronicled on their MySpace pages.
• Amanda Knox Talks: The Murder Trial Gripping Italy; Foxy Knoxy Case Still Roils Italy; Video footage from the crime scene of British student Meredith Kercher's murder .

• slaying
• execution
• slay
• hit
• dispatch
• bump off
• off
• polish off
• remove
• mangle
• mutilate

News & Articles

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• Murder suspect violates probation
  A Longview man who is scheduled to be tried on a murder charge later this year has been sentenced to 22 months in state jail for violating the conditions of probation on a 2011 conviction for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
  June 21, 2013 - The Longview News-Journal
• Murder Probe Has Not Yet Cleared Patriots Star, Sources Say
  Investigators probing the execution-style murder of a semi-pro football player have not ruled out New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez as a suspect, several law enforcement sources told ABC News.        
  June 20, 2013 - ABC News
• Murder suspect who fled custody pleas guilty to escape
  A murder suspect who escaped from custody from Department of Public Safety officers in February plead guilty to charges relating to that escape.
  June 20, 2013 - KITV Honolulu

Quotes

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• Jacob Zuma in AFP
  No one is allowed to take the law into his own hands,said Zuma. "It against this background that the murder of Terre'Blanche must be condemned, irrespective of how his killers think they may have been justified. They had no right to take...
• David S. Kris in Toronto Star
  Today's indictment, which alleges that a woman from suburban America agreed to carry out murder overseas and to provide material support to terrorists, underscores the evolving nature of the threat we face,said David Kris, assistant attorney...
• President Bush in News 10 Now
  President Bush said, "In a world where some invoke the name of God to justify acts of terror and murder and hate, we need your message that God is love."