murderer
/ˈmɜːdərə(r)/noun
उच्चारण मर्डरर
हत्यारा, कातिल, ख़ूनी
Core word
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a person who has killed somebody deliberately and illegally
हत्यारा, कातिल, ख़ूनी
- The police are still searching for the murderer.
- a convicted murderer
- The jury found him guilty and he was called a murderer.
+ 2 more examples
- The detective was determined to catch the murderer.
- The murderer was sentenced to life in prison.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
murderer (countable noun)
A murderer is a person who has killed someone deliberately and illegally. The female form murderess is old-fashioned; murderer is used for all.
Murderer वह व्यक्ति है जिसने जान-बूझकर और अवैध रूप से किसी की हत्या की हो। स्त्रीलिंग रूप murderess पुराना है; सभी के लिए murderer चलता है।
- The police arrested the murderer within a day.
- The court sentenced the murderer to life.
murderer of + victim
Use of to link the murderer to the victim: the murderer of the shopkeeper.
हत्यारे और पीड़ित को जोड़ने के लिए of आता है: the murderer of the shopkeeper।
- He was the murderer of his own brother.
- They are still searching for the murderer of the journalist.
murderer vs killer vs assassin
Murderer stresses a crime; killer is wider and includes accidents or war; assassin kills a public figure for political reasons.
Murderer अपराध पर बल देता है; killer अधिक व्यापक है और दुर्घटना या युद्ध में भी आता है; assassin राजनीतिक कारणों से किसी प्रमुख व्यक्ति की हत्या करता है।
- The assassin was also a murderer in law.
convicted / alleged murderer
Before a court decides, use alleged or suspected murderer; after conviction, convicted murderer. This matters in news writing.
अदालत के निर्णय से पहले alleged या suspected murderer, और दोषसिद्धि के बाद convicted murderer लिखें। समाचार लेखन में यह अंतर महत्वपूर्ण है।
- The alleged murderer denied the charge in court.
+Collocations 4
adjective + murderer
cold-bloodedconvictedallegedserialnotorious
- A serial murderer terrified the city.
verb + murderer
catchconvicthuntidentifyhang
- Police managed to identify the murderer from a fingerprint.
murderer + noun
murderer's weaponmurderer's motivemurderer's trialmurderer's confession
- The murderer's motive was greed.
legal phrases
suspected murdererwanted murdererescaped murderermurderer on the run
- A suspected murderer escaped from the lock-up.
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- The detective found clues that pointed to the murderer.
जासूस को ऐसे सुराग मिले जो हत्यारे की ओर इशारा करते थे।
- In the novel, the butler turns out to be the murderer.
उपन्यास में खानसामा ही हत्यारा निकलता है।
- The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment.
हत्यारे को आजीवन कारावास की सज़ा सुनाई गई।
- Radhika was shocked to learn that the murderer was a neighbour.
यह जानकर राधिका स्तब्ध रह गई कि हत्यारा एक पड़ोसी था।
- The village demanded that the murderer be punished.
गाँव ने माँग की कि हत्यारे को दंडित किया जाए।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ Police are looking after the murderer.
✓ Police are looking for the murderer.
Look after means take care of; look for means search.
Look after का अर्थ देखभाल करना है; खोजने के लिए look for आता है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
The murder of a king is regicide, of a father is patricide, of a mother is matricide, and of a brother is fratricide.
राजा की हत्या regicide, पिता की हत्या patricide, माता की हत्या matricide और भाई की हत्या fratricide कहलाती है।