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noun
A secret killing, distinguished from simple homicide in that the victim and the killer are unknown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical, uncountable
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noun
A fine imposed by the Crown on a manor or district in which such a secret killing had been committed.
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Usage: UK, historical, uncountable
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History
Borrowing from Medieval Latin murdrum, a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *murþr, *morþr, from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder”). More at murder.
