13 Common Collocations that go with MURDER

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Words that collocate with Murder
Murder is one type of the crime which the murder, a person, deliberately kill someone
There are many common words that collocate with murder.
For example, we use commit a murder for the killing action, a cruel murder is called a brutal murder.  When someone is trying to kill another person, this is call an attempted murder. A weapon used to kill another person is called murder weapon.
In this article we will learn the following collocations:
commit (a) murder, investigate a murder, accuse somebody of murder, charge somebody with murder, a brutal murder, attempted murder, first-degree murder, mass murder, murder victim, murder weapon, murder investigation, murder inquiry, murder case, murder trial, murder charge, witness the murder

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Collocation: Murder

Murder is the killing of another person without justification or valid excuse, and it is especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought (predetermination). wikipedia.org

Below are the list of collocations that usually go with murder.

1. commit (a) murder (v)
   To kill
   The accused pleaded guilty to committing a murder.
2. investigate a murder (v)
   To find out about the information of murder
   The police is investigating a murder at the crime scene.
3. accuse somebody of murder/charge somebody with murder (v)
   To claim that someone has done the murder.
   The police accused John of murder.
4. a brutal murder (n)
   A cruel killing
   A third theory, offered by Russian investigators of the crime, speculates that the brutal murder was the work of Islamic extremists.
5. attempted murder (v)
   The crime of trying to kill someone
   In English criminal law, attempted murder is the crime of more than merely preparing to commit unlawful killing and at the same time having a specific intention to cause the death of human being under the Queen's Peace.
6. first-degree murder (American English) (n)
   The most serious type of murder under US law
   First degree murder involves a premeditated killing. In other words, the killer made a plan to kill the victim and then carried that plan out.
7. mass murder (v)
   The killing of a large number of people
   A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more people kill several others.
8. murder victim (n)
   A person who has been murdered
   We found the murder victim early this morning.
9. murder weapon (n)
   The weapon that is used to commit murder.
   The police was searching for murder weapon.
10. murder investigation/inquiry (n)
    The process or finding information of murder
    After entering into the crime scene, the police began the murder investigation.
11. murder case/trial (n)
    The murder that has been taken to the court.
    There were many murder cases in this city.
12. murder charge (n)
    The accusation somebody of murder
    A former nurse's aide will not face murder charges for allegedly cutting and removing an unborn baby from the mother's womb.
13. witness the murder (v)
    To see the murder that is happening
    We need to investigate the people who witness the murder.

Reading Resource:
- criminal.lawyers.com