(law, chiefly US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form considered by law to be the most serious; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves premeditation, or the choice of victim or other circumstances being regarded as especially blameworthy.

(idiomatic) To do something bad or illegal and not be punished.

(US, law) Murder without intent but during a felony.

plural of first-degree murder

Synonym of depraved-heart murder

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scream bloody murder

simple past tense and past participle of scream bloody murder

Alternative form of kill one's darlings

Alternative form of kill one's darlings

(law, countable, uncountable) Murder that is the result of an act which is dangerous to others and shows that the perpetrator has a depraved mind and no regard for human life.