premurder

premurder

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ murder

Adjective

premurder (not comparable)

1. happening before a murder.
   • 1981, Illinois Appellate Reports: Official Reports of the Illinois Appellate Court, page 1008:

     We fail to see, and the State has not indicated, how the premurder statements to one who was not a co-conspirator can be termed in furtherance of the conspiracy.

   • 2006, Sam Stall, Suburban Legends: True Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Minivans, Quirk Books (→ISBN), page 67:

     And in 1997, a grand jury that was grinding away at the case learned of an interesting premurder conversation between Neulander and Myron "Pep" Levin.

   • 2012, Karen A. Ritzenhoff, Karen Randell, Screening the Dark Side of Love: From Euro-Horror to American Cinema, Palgrave Macmillan (→ISBN), page 56:

     Performing a premurder ritual that includes wine, dancing, and the music of Dusty Springfield's hit song “The Look of Love,” Rodriguez asks Frannie, “You ever been in love? All women want love, right?”