murder weapon

noun

: the weapon used to commit a murder

Examples of murder weapon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The killer dropped the murder weapon at the scene and ran off, cops said. Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024 The gun later became the murder weapon in the shooting. Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024 Dad: Gun was hidden in armoire, bullets stashed under jeans On Day Three of testimony, more details were disclosed about where the murder weapon was stored before the then-15-year-old shooter used it to terrorize his school. Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024 Greitens said in his order that contemporary forensic tests had revealed DNA on the murder weapon did not match Williams, and noted that the testing did not exist at the time of his criminal trial. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for murder weapon 

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“Murder weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murder%20weapon. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.

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