murdered has definitions from the field of criminal law
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[ adjective ] (criminal law) killed unlawfully

Examples

"the murdered woman" "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"

Used in print

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

Perhaps if Felix had first come_upon us when this boy was not cavorting so gaily up_and_down the hall outside the murdered woman 's apartment , we might have had less trouble convincing Felix of our seriousness .

Related terms

dead

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