What does half murder mean?

half murder

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

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Indian usage; Countable; Uncountable

"That was the half murder. The next one was a liquor seller, Philips Daruwala, and that was the first proper murder."
"Before he could get out Rita was already arrested for half-murder of her step-father."

half murders (plural) half-murder (alternative)

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