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The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
From the time of its origin as an Old English word until today, the term “murder” has meant the most

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The Oxford Companion to the Bible
The biblical concept of the image of God lay at the heart of abhorrence to the taking of a human

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The Oxford Companion to the Body
The act of murder is unique to humanity. While animals kill outside of their own species for food, and may

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A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
Unlawful killing was prohibited in the *Ten Commandments (Exod. 20: 13), for which capital *punishment was prescribed (Exod.

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World Encyclopedia
Unlawful killing of a person, performed with malice or forethought. Committed accidentally, under sufficient provocation or in self-defence, a killing

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R. J. Macrides
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
(φόνος). Byz. law retained the criterion for murder of Roman law, which required evidence of intention to kill, determined by the weapon used (...

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The Oxford Companion to Medicine (3 ed.)
Very few doctors or nurses have committed murder, and, apart from the dreadful circumstances of the Holocaust, most of the incidents have been in a domestic setting. In ...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)
get away with (blue) murder succeed in doing whatever one chooses without being punished or suffering any disadvantage.
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