first-degree murder
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first-degree murder (countable and uncountable, plural first-degree murders)
- (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.
- (law, chiefly US, Canada) An act that constitutes the crime of first-degree murder.
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premeditated or especially serious murder
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- first-degree murder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “first-degree murder”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.