Meanings
nounhalf murder (countable and uncountable, plural half murders)
plural half murders · alternative half-murder
- IndiacountableidiomaticuncountableThe committing of a grievous, but not fatal, injury.
Before he could get out Rita was already arrested for half-murder of her step-father.
2017, Priya Gaikwad, Prison Diaries: How Dare She be a Woman and Have Dreams of Freedom1 more example
That was the half murder. The next one was a liquor seller, Philips Daruwala, and that was the first proper murder.
2009, Suketu Mehta, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, page 192
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