Usually means: Intentional killing with premeditation, planning.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. first-degree murder: Merriam-Webster
  2. first-degree murder: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. first-degree murder: Wiktionary
  4. first-degree murder: Dictionary.com
  5. First-degree murder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. first-degree murder: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. first-degree murder: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. First-degree murder: Legal dictionary

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  1. First-degree murder: Encyclopedia

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  1. First-degree murder: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (first-degree murder)

noun:  (law, chiefly US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form considered by law to be the most serious; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves premeditation, or the choice of victim or other circumstances being regarded as especially blameworthy.
noun:  (law, chiefly US, Canada) An act that constitutes the crime of first-degree murder.

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