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der Mord (-e)
   murder, homocide; assassination

Rund anderthalb Jahre nach dem Mord an einer Berliner Joggerin ist der Täter noch nicht gefasst.
About a year-and-a-half after the murder of a [female] Berlin jogger, the culprit has still not been caught.
"Bei Anruf Mord" (Film von Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
Dial M for Murder (movie by Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
Dann gibt es Mord und Totschlag.
There'll be hell to pay. - All hell will break loose.
…und so gibt es zum Auftakt der neuen Staffel von "Mord mit Aussicht" immerhin jede Menge für das Polizeirevier von Hengasch zu tun.
…and thus, with the start of the new season of [the TV series] "Murder with a View," there is still a lot for the police station in Hengasch to do.

MORE > German Thesaurus: M-Z - Synonyms for Mord

Related:
der Mörder murderer, killer, assassin
die Mörderin murderess, killer, assassin
der Mordfall homocide/murder case
(einen) Mord begehen to commit (a) murder
Selbstmord begehen to commit suicide
töten to kill

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