moord — meaning in English
Dutch → English · translate English → Dutch instead
English meaning
- assassination noun The killing of someone, usually a prominent or public figure, carried out deliberately and often for political motives.
- homicide noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
- kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
- murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
Senses
moord is used for these senses in English:
- assassination The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
- homicide (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
- kill The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- murder (uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.
- murder (uncountable, used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.
homicide — full definition
- noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
- noun The police division that investigates killings.
Vocabulary Flow
Learn more English words in Dutch.
Vocabulary Flow serves English words with the Dutch meaning, one at a time — pronunciation and an example each time. Scroll it either direction.
Learn English in Dutch
